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Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................................... 2
The History of the Book of Enoch ......................................................................................... 2
Condition of the Text ............................................................................................................ 3
(1) THE BLESSING OF ENOCH.............................................................................................. 5
2) GOD'S LAWS....................................................................................................................... 6
(3) REBELS AMONG THE WATCHERS ................................................................................. 8
(4) THE MOST HIGH OF THE WATCHERS SPEAKS OUT ................................................. 10
(5) ENOCH MEETS THE HOLY WATCHERS ....................................................................... 12
(6) THE BOOK OF REPROOF .............................................................................................. 13
(7) ENOCH STAYS FOR A WHILE WITH THE WATCHERS ............................................... 15
(8) THE ANGELS WHO KEEP WATCH ................................................................................ 17
(9) THE FRAGRANT TREES ................................................................................................. 19
(10) THE BOOK OF METHUSELAH...................................................................................... 22
(11) THE BOOK OF NOAH .................................................................................................... 24
(12) THE BOOK OF PARABLES ........................................................................................... 26
38.1 The First Parable. ....................................................................................................... 26
45.1 And this is The Second Parable. ................................................................................ 29
58.1 And I began to speak The Third Parable. ................................................................... 33
(13) THE STOREHOUSES .................................................................................................... 38
(14) THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE LIGHTS ......................................................................... 41
(15) ENOCH'S LETTER TO METHUSELAH ......................................................................... 48
(16) THE LAW OF THE STARS ............................................................................................. 49
(17) ENOCH'S FIRST VISION ............................................................................................... 51
(18) PROPHECY OF THE ANIMALS .................................................................................... 52
(19) PROPHECY OF THE TEN WEEKS ............................................................................... 60
(20) ENOCH'S MESSAGE OF GUIDANCE ........................................................................... 63
(21) ENOCH'S CONCLUDING WORDS................................................................................ 69
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Introduction
I have based this book on Michael A. Knibb's scholarly translation of the Ethiopian
manuscripts, (The Ethiopic Book of Enoch, Oxford University Press), which I believe to be the
best translation currently available.
I first heard about the Book of Enoch a few years ago, while I was researching into 'End of
Days' prophesies. When I finally managed to get hold of a copy, I discovered that it was a very
strange and unusual book. The first time I read it I was sceptical and somewhat puzzled; I
wondered who would have written an odd book like this. I knew that Enoch, (Hanokh in
Hebrew), was very favourably mentioned in Genesis, and I discovered that Enoch's book
describes the Exodus and Moses very favourably (although not by name).
So my first theory was that it might have been written around the same time as the Torah,
perhaps around 1400 BC. However, after several readings I could find no plausible theories.
The prophecy of the animals is extremely precisely written and obviously refers to events well
after Moses (see my notes on that chapter). Additionally; who would have dared to produce a
book with people such as Moses described in terms of farm animals?
Michael Knibb, whose translation I have used to produce this book, studied all available
manuscripts and sources, and it is clear that this book was well known and studied in many
countries well before the time of Jesus. The earliest known surviving fragments and quotations
in various languages show that this is the same book, and that the Ethiopians have preserved it
well.
In the end I was convinced that the book is really Enoch's true account of otherwise forgotten
events that occurred in early times; events that we have no other surviving records of.
Enoch left us a book that describes people of an advanced culture The Watchers; blond-
haired people that Enoch's people considered to be Angels of God, and it was written on the
instruction of the Watchers. The standard academic view seems to be that some slightly
demented religious fanatic wrote the book - not long before the earliest provable fragments,
(200 or 300BC). I think it is impossible to support this view. Such an author would have to be
able to write the entire book from the point of view of a person who knows nothing of countries
with names, or religions with names. Then he goes on to describe the Angels as blond men,
who ran away from Heaven in order to be promiscuous with women. I don't believe this is the
sort of world-view that would have been well received or widely accepted anywhere in 200 BC.
This plus the all too accurate prophecies are probably the reasons why it was 'lost' by the
religions that used to regard it as holy.
I concluded that the book is probably what it appears to be - well preserved, ancient and
genuine. Enoch was the great-grandfather of Noah, and the father of Methuselah, and his book
gives a unique view of the world before the flood - probably around 9,000 BC. The name Sumer
meant 'Land of the Watchers' so Enoch probably lived in the area that is now Iraq.
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It seems likely therefore, that copies of the Book of Enoch survived into Egyptian times, 3500
BC, and was known to Moses around 2,000 years later.
Moses presumably took a copy of the book with him when they all left Egypt, and he was no
doubt pleased to see Enoch's prophecy fulfilled.
The book probably existed mainly in Hebrew during the thousand years after the exodus. No
Hebrew copies exist today, however, although there are some Hebrew passages quoted in
some of the Aramaic fragments that survive from a few centuries BC.
The appearance of the book in Ethiopia, is probably due to events in Jerusalem during the
reign of King Manasseh of Judah, (695 - 642 BC), which are documented in the Bible,
(2Chronicles 33:1 - 20, and at 2Kings 21:1 – 18).
King Manasseh was not of the Jewish faith, he erected alters to Baal and Asherah in
Solomon's Temple. In Kings at 21:16, it says that so much innocent blood was shed that it filled
Jerusalem from end to end. At this time, the religious establishment left the country, taking the
Ark of the Covenant and all the important religious texts with them.
After a number of years in Egypt, the refugees went further south, near to the source of the
Nile, at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. The descendants of these people are the Falashas, who even
today follow the form of Judaism that had been practiced in Israel only before 620 BC. The
Ethiopians translated The Book of Hanokh into Ge'ez, and had enough respect to look after it.
Meanwhile, all Hebrew versions disappeared but a substantial part of the book had survived
in Greek, and some parts in Aramaic, but until Scottish traveler, and freemason, James Bruce,
returned from Ethiopia in 1773, with three manuscripts, no one in the west had ever seen the
whole book.
The two commonly available translations were done soon after this and the book was
received with an embarrassed silence, for the most part, and not widely read.
This book is based on a new translation published in 1978, which was produced as a result
of research into a large number of the Ethiopian manuscripts and a review of all other surviving
fragments. My hope is that this present edition will be the best version of Enoch's book available
in English.
I think this is an important book, and I have done my best to present it as clearly as possible,
and in a way that I hope Hanokh would have approved of.
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Noah's book and ‘The Storehouses’ had been inserted into the Third Parable.
Part of the Prophecy of the Ten weeks was in the wrong order.
I have kept the Ethiopian ‘chapter and verse’ numbers, in all cases, so that my changes to
the order of presentation can easily be seen.
I have split the book into sections - where there seems to be a natural break, and given each
one a title.
I inserted Noah and Methuselah’s works into the middle - where there seems to be a major
break in Enoch’s book. The first section of Enoch is mainly the story of what occurred whereas
the second part is mainly written from the notes that Enoch took while he was with the
Watchers. Additionally, the end of Noah’s short book conveniently serves as an introduction to
Enoch’s Book of Parables.
Andy McCracken
(August 2002)
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8.1 And Azazel taught men to make swords, and daggers, and shields, and breastplates.
And he showed them the things after these, and the art of making them; bracelets, and
ornaments, and the art of making up the eyes, and of beautifying the eyelids, and the most
precious stones, and all kinds of coloured dyes. And the world was changed.
8.2 And there was great impiety, and much fornication, and they went astray, and all their
ways became corrupt.
8.3 Amezarak taught all those who cast spells and cut roots, Armaros the release of spells,
and Baraqiel astrologers, and Kokabiel portents, and Tamiel taught astrology, and Asradel
taught the path of the Moon.
8.4 And at the destruction of men they cried out; and their voices reached Heaven.
9.1 And then Michael, Gabriel, Suriel and Uriel, looked down from Heaven and saw the mass
of blood that was being shed on the earth and all the iniquity that was being done on the earth.
9.2 And they said to one another: "Let the devastated Earth cry out with the sound of their
cries, up to the Gate of Heaven.
9.3 And now to you, Oh Holy Ones of Heaven, the souls of men complain, saying: "Bring our
complaint before the Most High."
9.4 And they said to their Lord, the King: "Lord of Lords, God of Gods, King of Kings! Your
glorious throne endures for all the generations of the world, and blessed and praised!
9.5 You have made everything, and power over everything is yours. And everything is
uncovered, and open, in front of you, and you see everything, and there is nothing that can be
hidden from you.
9.6 See then what Azazel has done; how he has taught all iniquity on the earth and revealed
the eternal secrets that are made in Heaven.
9.7 And Semyaza has made known spells, he to whom you gave authority to rule over those
who are with him.
9.8 And they went into the daughters of men together, lay with those women, became
unclean, and revealed to them these sins.
9.9 And the women bore giants, and thereby the whole Earth has been filled with blood and
iniquity.
9.10 And now behold the souls which have died cry out and complain unto the Gate of
Heaven, and their lament has ascended, and they cannot go out in the face of the iniquity which
is being committed on the earth.
9.11 And you know everything, before it happens, and you know this, and what concerns
each of them. But you say nothing to us. What ought we to do with them, about this?"
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10.15 And destroy all the souls of lust, and the sons of the Watchers, for they have wronged
men.
10.16 Destroy all wrong from the face of the Earth and every evil work will cease.
10.17 And now all the righteous will be humble, and will live until they beget thousands. And
all the days of their youth, and their sabbaths, they will fulfill in peace.
10.18 And in those days the whole earth will be tilled in righteousness and all of it will be
planted with trees; and it will be filled with blessing.
10.19 And all the pleasant trees they will plant on it and they will plant on it vines. And the
vine that is planted on it will produce fruit in abundance; and every seed that is sown on it, each
measure will produce a thousand, and each measure of olives will produce ten baths of oil.
10.20 And you cleanse the Earth from all wrong, and from all iniquity, and from all sin, and
from all impiety, and from all the uncleanness which is brought about on the earth.
10.21 And all the sons of men shall be righteous, and all the nations shall serve and bless
me and all shall worship me.
10.22 And the Earth will be cleansed from all corruption, and from all sin, and from all wrath,
and from all torment; and I will not again send a flood upon it, for all generations, forever.
11.1 And in those days, I will open the Storehouses of Blessing, which are in Heaven, so that
I may send them down upon the Earth, upon the work, and upon the toil, of the sons of men.
11.2 Peace and truth will be united, for all the days of eternity, and for all the generations of
eternity.
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14.19 And from underneath the high throne there flowed out rivers of fire so that it was
impossible to look at it.
14.20 And He who is Great in Glory sat upon it, and his raiment was brighter than the Sun,
and whiter than any snow.
14.21 And no Angel could enter, and at the appearance of the face of Him who is Honoured
and Praised, no creature of flesh could look.
14.22 A sea of fire burnt around Him, and a great fire stood in front of Him, and none of
those around Him came near to Him. Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him but
He needed no Holy Council.
14.23 And the Holy Ones who were near to Him did not leave by night or day and did not
depart from Him.
14.24 And until then I had a covering on my face, as I trembled. And the Lord called me with
his own mouth, and said to me: "Come here, Enoch, to my Holy Word."
14.25 And He lifted me up and brought me near to the door. And I looked, with my face
down.
15.1 And He answered me, and said to me with His voice: "Hear! Do not be afraid, Enoch,
you righteous man, and scribe of righteousness. Come here and hear my voice.
15.2 And go say to the Watchers of Heaven, who sent you to petition on their behalf: You
ought to petition on behalf of men, not men on behalf of you.
15.3 Why have you left the High, Holy and Eternal Heaven, and lain with women, and
become unclean with the daughters of men, and taken wives for yourselves, and done as the
sons of the earth, and begotten giant sons?
15.4 And you were spiritual, Holy, living an eternal life, but you became unclean upon the
women, and begot children through the blood of flesh, and lusted after the blood of men, and
produced flesh and blood, as they do, who die and are destroyed.
15.5 And for this reason I give men wives; so that they might sow seed in them, and so that
children might be born by them, so that deeds might be done on the Earth.
15.6 But you, formerly, were spiritual, living an eternal, immortal life, for all the generations of
the world.
15.7 For this reason I did not arrange wives for you; because the dwelling of the spiritual
ones is in Heaven.
15.8 And now, the giants who were born from body and flesh will be called Evil Spirits on the
Earth, and on the Earth will be their dwelling.
15.9 And evil spirits came out from their flesh, because from above they were created, from
the Holy Watchers was their origin and first foundation. Evil spirits they will be on Earth and
‘Spirits of the Evil Ones’ they will be called.
15.10 And the dwelling of the Spirits of Heaven is Heaven, but the dwelling of the spirits of
the Earth, who were born on the Earth, is Earth.
15.11 And the spirits of the giants do wrong, are corrupt, attack, fight, break on the Earth,
and cause sorrow. And they eat no food, do not thirst, and are not observed.
15.12 And these spirits will rise against the sons of men, and against the women, because
they came out of them during the days of slaughter and destruction.
16.1 And the death of the giants, wherever the spirits have gone out from their bodies, their
flesh will be destroyed, before the Judgment. Thus they will be destroyed until the Day of the
Great Consummation is accomplished, upon the Great Age, upon the Watchers and the impious
ones."
16.2 And now to the Watchers, who sent you to petition on their behalf, who were formerly in
Heaven:
16.3 "You were in Heaven but its secrets had not yet been revealed to you; and a worthless
mystery you knew. This you made known to women, in the hardness of your hearts. And
through this mystery the women and the men cause evil to increase on the Earth."
16.4 Say to them therefore: "You will not have peace."
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18.14 And like a spirit questioning me, the Angel said: “This is the place of the end of
Heaven and Earth; this is the prison for the Stars of Heaven and the Host of Heaven.
18.15 And the stars which roll over the fire, these are the ones which transgressed the
command of the Lord, from the beginning of their rising, because they did not come out at their
proper times.
18.16 And He was angry with them, and bound them until the time of the consummation of
their sin, in the Year of Mystery.”
19.1 And Uriel said to me: “The spirits of the Angels who were promiscuous with women will
stand here; and they, assuming many forms, made men unclean and will lead men astray so
that they sacrifice to demons as gods. And they will stand there until the great judgment day, on
which they will be judged, so that an end will be made of them.
19.2 And their wives, having led astray the Angels of Heaven, will become peaceful.”
19.3 And I, Enoch, alone saw the sight, the ends of everything; and no man has seen what I
have seen.
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22.6 Then I asked Raphael, the Angel who was with me, and said to him: "Whose is this
spirit, whose voice thus reaches Heaven and complains?"
22.7 And he answered me, and said to me, saying: "This spirit is the one that came out of
Abel, whom Cain, his brother, killed. And he will complain about him until his offspring are
destroyed from the face of the Earth, and from amongst the offspring of men, his offspring
perish."
22.8 Then I asked about him, and about judgment on all, and I said: "Why is one separated
from another?"
22.9 And he answered me, and said to me: "These three places where made, in order that
they might separate the spirits of the dead. And thus the souls of the righteous have been
separated; this is the spring of water, and on it the light.
22.10 Likewise, a place has been created for sinners, when they die, and are buried in the
earth, and judgment has not come upon them during their life.
22.11 And here their souls will be separated for this great torment, until the Great Day of
Judgment and Punishment and Torment for those who curse, forever, and of vengeance on
their souls. And there he will bind them forever. Verily, He is, from the beginning of the world.
22.12 And thus a place has been separated for the souls of those who complain, and give
information about their destruction, about when they were killed, in the days of the sinners.
22.13 Thus a place has been created, for the souls of men who are not righteous, but
sinners, accomplished in wrongdoing, and with the wrongdoers will be their lot. But their souls
will not be killed on the day of judgment, nor will they rise from here."
22.14 Then I blessed the Lord of Glory, and said: "Blessed be my Lord, the Lord of Glory
and Righteousness, who rules everything forever."
23.1 And from there I went to another place, towards the west, to the ends of the Earth.
23.2 And I saw a fire that burnt and ran, without resting or ceasing from running, by day or by
night, but continued in exactly the same way.
23.3 And I asked saying: "What is this which has no rest?"
23.4 Then Raguel, one of the Holy Angels, who was with me, answered me, and said to me:
“This burning fire, whose course you saw towards the west, is the fire of all the Lights of
Heaven.”
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26.2 And there I saw a holy mountain, and under the mountain, to the east of it, there was
water, and it flowed towards the south.
26.3 And I saw towards the east, another mountain, which was of the same height, and
between them, there was a deep and narrow valley; and in it, a stream ran by the mountain.
26.4 And to the west of this one, was another mountain, which was lower than it was and not
high; and under it, there was a valley between them. And there were other deep and dry valleys
at the end of the three mountains.
26.5 And all the valleys were deep and narrow, of hard rock, and trees were planted on
them.
26.6 And I was amazed at the rock, and I was amazed at the valley; I was very much
amazed.
27.1 Then I said: "What is the purpose of this blessed land, which is completely full of trees,
and of this accursed valley in the middle of them?"
27.2 Then Raphael, one of the Holy Angels who was with me, answered me, and said to me:
"This accursed valley, is for those who are cursed for ever. Here will be gathered together all
who speak with their mouths against the Lord - words that are not fitting, and say hard things
about His Glory. Here they will gather them together, and here will be their place of judgment.
27.3 And in the last days there will be the spectacle of the righteous judgment upon them, in
front of the righteous, forever. For here, the merciful will bless the Lord of Glory the Eternal
King.
27.4 And in the days of the judgment on them they will bless Him, on account of his mercy,
according as He has assigned to them their lot."
27.5 Then I myself blessed the Lord of Glory, I addressed Him, and I remembered His
majesty, as was fitting.
28.1 And from there, I went towards the east, to the middle of the mountain of the
wilderness, and I saw only desert.
28.2 But it was full of trees from this seed and water gushed out over it from above.
28.3 The torrent, which flowed towards the northwest, seemed copious, and from all sides,
there went up spray and mist.
29.1 And I went to another place, away from the wilderness; I came near to the east of this
mountain.
29.2 And there I saw Trees of Judgment, especially vessels of the fragrance of incense and
myrrh, and the trees were not alike.
30.1 And above it, above these, above the mountains of the east, and not far away, I saw
another place, valleys of water, like that which does not fail.
30.2 And I saw a beautiful tree, and its fragrance was like that of the mastic.
30.3 And by the banks of these valleys I saw fragrant cinnamon. And beyond those valleys I
came towards the east.
31.1 And I saw another mountain on which there were trees, and there flowed out water, and
there flowed out from it, as it were, a nectar whose name is styrax and galbanum.
31.2 And beyond this mountain I saw another mountain, and on it there were aloe trees, and
those trees were full of a fruit, which is like an almond, and is hard.
31.3 And when they take this fruit it is better than any fragrance.
32.1 And after these fragrances, to the north, as I looked over the mountains, I saw seven
mountains full of fine nard, and fragrant trees of cinnamon and pepper.
32.2 And from there, I went over the summits of those mountains, far away to the east, and I
went over the Red Sea, and I was far from it, and I went over the Angel Zotiel.
32.3 And I came to the Garden of Righteousness, and I saw beyond those trees many large
trees growing there, sweet smelling, large, very beautiful and glorious, the Trees of Wisdom,
from which they eat and know great wisdom.
32.4 And it is like the carob tree, and its fruit is like bunches of grapes on a vine, very
beautiful, and the smell of this tree spreads and penetrates afar.
32.5 And I said: "This tree is beautiful! How beautiful and pleasing is its appearance!"
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32.6 And the Holy Angel Raphael, who was with me, answered me and said to me: "This is
the Tree of Wisdom, from which your ancient father and ancient mother, who were before you,
ate and learnt wisdom; and their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And
they were driven from the garden."
33.1 And from there I went to the ends of the earth, and I saw there large animals, each
different from the other, and also birds, which differed in form, beauty, and call - each different
from the other.
33.2 And to the east of these animals, I saw the ends of the Earth, on which Heaven rests,
and the open Gates of Heaven.
33.3 And I saw how the stars of Heaven come out, and counted the Gates out of which they
come, and wrote down all their outlets, for each one, individually, according to their number.
And their names, according to their constellations, their positions, their times, and their months,
as the Angel Uriel, who was with me, showed me.
33.4 And he showed me everything, and wrote it down, and also their names he wrote down
for me, and their laws and their functions.
34.1 And from there I went towards the north, to the ends of the Earth, and there I saw a
great and glorious wonder at the ends of the whole Earth.
34.2 And there I saw three Gates of Heaven; through each of them north winds go out; when
they blow there is cold, hail, hoarfrost, snow, fog, and rain.
34.3 And from one Gate, it blows for good; but when they blow through the other two Gates,
it is with force, and it brings torment over the earth, and they blow with force.
35.1 And from there I went towards the west, to the ends of the Earth, and I saw there, as I
saw in the east, three open Gates - as many Gates and as many outlets.
36.1 And from there I went towards the south, to the ends of the Earth, and there I saw three
Gates of Heaven open; and the south wind, the mist, and the rain, and wind, come out from
there.
36.2 And from there I went towards the east of the ends of Heaven, and there I saw the three
eastern Gates of Heaven open, and above them, there were smaller Gates.
36.3 Through each of these smaller Gates, the stars of Heaven pass, and go towards the
west, on the path that has been shown to them.
36.4 And when I saw, I blessed, and I will always bless the Lord of Glory, who has made
Great and Glorious Wonders so that he might show the greatness of His Work, to His Angels,
and to the souls of men, so that they might praise His Work. And so that all his creatures might
see the work of His Power, and praise the great work of His Hands, and bless Him forever!
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106.16 But this child, who has been born to you, will be left on the Earth, and his three sons
will be saved with him. When all the men who are on the Earth die he and his sons will be
saved.
106.17 They will beget on the Earth giants, not of spirit, but of flesh, and there will be great
wrath on Earth, and the Earth will be cleansed of all corruption.
106.18 And now make known to your son Lamech that the one who has been born is truly
his son. And call his name Noah, for he will be a remnant for you and he and his sons will be
saved from the destruction which is coming on the earth because of all the sin and all the
iniquity, which will be committed on the Earth in his days.
106.19 But after this, there will be yet greater iniquity than that which was committed on the
earth before. For I know the mysteries of the Holy Ones, for the Lord showed them to me and
made them known to me, and I read them in the Tablets of Heaven.
107.1 And I saw written on them, that generation upon generation will do wrong, until a
generation of righteousness shall arise, and wrongdoing shall be destroyed, and sin shall depart
from the earth, and everything good shall come upon it.
107.2 And now, my son, go, make known to your son Lamech, that this child that has been
born, is truly his son, and this is no lie.
107.3 And when Methuselah had heard the words of his father Enoch - for he showed him
everything which is secret - he returned, having seen him, and called the name of that child
Noah; for he will comfort the Earth after all the destruction.
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67.1 And in those days, the word of the Lord came to me, and he said to me: "Noah, behold;
your lot has come up before me, a lot without reproach, a lot of love and uprightness.
67.2 And now the Angels are making a wooden structure, and when the Angels come out
from that task, I will put my hand on it, and keep it safe. And a change shall take place so that
the dry ground may not remain empty.
67.3 And I will establish your offspring before me, forever and ever, and I will scatter those
who dwell with you, over the face of the dry ground. I will not again put them to the test, on the
face of the Earth, but they will be blessed and increase on the dry ground in the name of the
Lord."
67.4 And they will shut up those Angels, who showed iniquity, in that burning valley, which
my great-grandfather Enoch had shown to me previously, in the west, near the mountains of
gold and silver and iron and soft metal and tin.
67.5 And I saw that valley, in which there was a great disturbance, and a heaving of the
waters.
67.6 And when all this happened, from the fiery molten metal, and the disturbance, which
disturbed the waters in that place, a smell of sulphur was produced, and it was associated with
those waters. And that valley of the Angels, who led men astray, burns under the ground.
67.7 And through the valleys of that same area, flow out rivers of fire where those Angels will
be punished, who led astray those on the dry ground.
67.8 And in those days, those waters will serve the kings, and the mighty, and the exalted,
and those who dwell upon dry ground, for the healing of soul and body, but also for the
punishment of the spirit. And their spirits are so full of lust that they will be punished in their
bodies, for they denied the Lord of Spirits. And they see their punishment every day yet they do
not believe in His Name.
67.9 And the more their bodies are burnt, the more a change will come over their spirits, for
ever and ever; for no one can speak an idle word in front of the Lord of Spirits.
67.10 For judgment will come upon them, for they believe in the lust of their bodies, but deny
the spirit of the Lord.
67.11 And those same waters will undergo a change in those days; for when those Angels
are punished in those days, the temperature of those springs of water will change, and when the
Angels come up, that water of the springs will change, and become cold.
67.12 And I heard the Holy Michael answering and saying: "This judgment, with which the
Angels are judged, is a testimony for the kings and the mighty who possess the dry ground.
67.13 For these waters of judgment serve for the healing of the bodies of the kings, and for
the lust of their bodies; but they do not see, and do not believe, that these waters will change,
and will become a fire which burns forever."
68.1 And after this, my great-grandfather Enoch gave me the explanation of all the secrets,
in a book, and the parables that had been given to him; and he put them together for me, in the
words of the Book of Parables.
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39.5 There my eyes saw their dwelling with the Angels, and their resting places with the Holy
Ones, and they were petitioning and supplicating and praying, on behalf of the sons of men; and
righteousness, like water, flowed in front of them, and mercy like dew on the ground. Thus it is
among them forever and ever.
39.6 And in those days my eyes saw the Place of the Chosen Ones of Righteousness and
Faith; and there will be righteousness in their days, and the righteous and chosen will be without
number, in front of him, forever and ever.
39.7 And I saw their dwelling, under the Wings of the Lord of Spirits, and all the righteous
and chosen shone in front of him, like the light of fire. And their mouths were full of blessing, and
their lips praised the name of the Lord of Spirits. And righteousness will not fail in front of him,
and truth will not fail in front of him.
39.8 There I wished to dwell, and my soul longed for that dwelling; there had my lot been
assigned before, for thus it was decided about me, in front of the Lord of Spirits.
39.9 And in those days I praised and exalted the name of the Lord of Spirits, with blessing
and praise, for he has destined me for blessing and praise, in accordance with the Lord of
Spirits.
39.10 And for a long time my eyes looked at that place, and I blessed him and praised him,
saying: "Blessed is He, and may He be blessed from the beginning and for ever!"
39.11 And in his presence there is no end. He knew before the world was created what the
world would be, even for all the generations that are to come.
39.12 Those who do not sleep bless you, and they stand before Your Glory, and bless and
praise and exalt, saying: "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord of Spirits; he fills the earth with spirits."
39.13 And there, my eyes saw all those who do not sleep; standing in front of Him, and
blessing, and saying: "Blessed are you, and blessed is the name of the Lord, for ever and ever!"
39.14 And my face was transformed until I was unable to see.
40.1 And after this I saw a thousand thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand! A
multitude beyond number, or reckoning, who stood in front of the Glory of the Lord of Spirits.
40.2 I looked, and on the four sides of the Lord of Spirits, I saw four figures, different from
those who were standing; and I learnt their names, because the Angel who went with me made
known their names, and showed me all the secret things.
40.3 And I heard the voices of those four figures as they sang praises in front of the Lord of
Glory.
40.4 The first voice blesses the Lord of Spirits forever and ever.
40.5 And the second voice I heard blessing the Chosen One and the chosen who depend on
the Lord of Spirits.
40.6 And the third voice I heard, petitioned, and prayed, on behalf of those who dwell on dry
ground and supplicate in the name of the Lord of Spirits.
40.7 And the fourth voice I heard driving away the Satans and not allowing them to come in
front of the Lord of Spirits to accuse those who dwell on the high ground.
40.8 And after this I asked the Angel of Peace, who went with me, and showed me
everything which is secret: "Who are those four figures, whom I have seen, and whose words I
have heard and written down?"
40.9 And he said to me: "This first one, is the Holy Michael, the merciful and long-suffering.
And the second, who is in charge of all the diseases, and in charge of all the wounds of the
sons of men, is Raphael. And the third, who is in charge of all the powers, is the Holy Gabriel.
And the fourth, who is in charge of repentance and hope of those who will inherit eternal life, is
Phanuel.”
40.10 And these are the four Angels of the Lord Most High; and the four voices that I heard
in those days.
41.1 And after this, I saw all the secrets of Heaven, and how the Kingdom is divided, and
how the deeds of men are weighed in the Balance.
41.2 There I saw the Dwelling of the Chosen, and the Resting Places of the Holy; and my
eyes saw there all the sinners who deny the name of the Lord of Spirits being driven from there.
And they dragged them off, and they were not able to remain, because of the punishment that
went out from the Lord of Spirits.
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41.3 And there my eyes saw the secrets of the flashes of lightning and of the thunder. And
the secrets of the winds, how they are distributed in order to blow over the earth, and the
secrets of the clouds, and of the dew; and there I saw from where they go out, in that place. And
how, from there, the dust of the earth is saturated.
41.4 And there I saw closed storehouses from which the winds are distributed, and the
storehouse of the hail, and the storehouse of the mist, and the storehouse of the clouds; and its
cloud remained over the earth, from the beginning of the world.
41.5 And I saw the Chambers of the Sun and the Moon, where they go out, and where they
return. And their glorious return; and how one is more honoured than the other is. And their
magnificent course, and how they do not leave their course, neither adding nor subtracting from
their course. And how they keep faith in one another, observing their oath.
41.6 And the Sun goes out first, and completes its journey at the command of the Lord of
Spirits - and his Name endures forever and ever.
41.7 And after this is the hidden, and visible, path of the Moon, and it travels the course of its
journey, in that place, by day and by night. One stands opposite the other, in front of the Lord of
Spirits, and they give thanks, and sing praise, and do not rest, because their thanksgiving is like
rest to them.
41.8 For the shining Sun makes many revolutions; for a blessing and for a curse. And the
path of the journey of the Moon is for the righteous light but for the sinners; darkness. In the
Name of the Lord, who has created a division between light and darkness, and has divided the
spirits of men, and has established the spirits of the righteous, in the name of His
Righteousness.
41.9 For no Angel hinders, and no power is able to hinder, because the judge sees them all,
and judges them all Himself.
42.1 Wisdom found no place where she could dwell, and her dwelling was in Heaven.
42.2 Wisdom went out, in order to dwell among the sons of men, but did not find a dwelling;
wisdom returned to her place, and took her seat in the midst of the Angels.
42.3 And iniquity came out from her chambers; those whom she did not seek she found, and
dwelt among them, like rain in the desert, and like dew on the parched ground.
43.1 And again I saw flashes of lightning and the stars of Heaven, and I saw how He called
them all by their names, and they obeyed Him.
43.2 And I saw the Balance of Righteousness, how they are weighed according to their light,
according to the width of their areas, and the day of their appearing. And how their revolutions
produce lightning, and I saw their revolutions, according to the number of the Angels, and how
they keep faith with one another.
43.3 And I asked the Angel, who went with me and showed me what is secret: "What are
these?"
43.4 And he said to me: "Their likeness, the Lord of Spirits has shown to you; these are the
names of the righteous who, dwell on the dry ground and believe in the name of the Lord of
Spirits for ever and ever."
44.1 And other things I saw concerning lightning, how some of the stars rise and become
lightning but cannot lose their form.
The Second Parable. (Pages 64-73)
Here we are introduced to some new characters, there is the Chosen One, or Messiah, and The
Head of Days or ‘ancient of days’ (see also 71.10) who appears in Daniel 7:9-10 and seems to
represent God.
It is a bit confusing that Enoch sees characters from the future. It may be that the Watchers
presented this to Enoch as a theatrical drama so that he could see it and ask questions at the same
time. It was no doubt a deliberate policy not to give actual names so that different readers in different
eras would assume they new the names. When I read this, I think it obviously refers to Jesus, but many
ages had a ‘chosen one’.
The number of righteousness (47.4), that is reached, may refer to the twelve times twelve thousand
predicted to survive in the biblical Book of Revelations.
Sheol is mentioned at 51.1, it is the name for hell used in early times and it is also mentioned in the
book of Genesis and book of Job, it means ‘the grave’ - but more than just a hole in the ground.
The mountains leap like rams at 51.4, this phrase also occurs in the bible (Psalms 114.4 & 6).
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There is a rare mentioning of place names at 56.5 - Parthia and Medes - these were ancient
kingdoms in the Iran\Iraq area. This is the area where Enoch probably lived but it is difficult to know
whether he originally used these names in his book, or whether later translators substituted in their own
names for the areas that they thought were being referred to.
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47.4 And the hearts of the Holy Ones were full of joy that the number of righteousness had
been reached, and the prayer of the righteous had been heard, and the blood of the righteous
had not been required in front of the Lord of Spirits.
48.1 And in that place I saw an inexhaustible spring of righteousness and many springs of
wisdom surrounded it, and all the thirsty drank from them and were filled with wisdom, and their
dwelling was with the Righteous and the Holy and the Chosen.
48.2 And at that hour that Son of Man was named, in the presence of the Lord of Spirits, and
his name brought to the Head of Days.
48.3 Even before the Sun and the constellations were created, before the Stars of Heaven
were made, his name was named in front of the Lord of Spirits.
48.4 He will be a staff to the righteous and the Holy, so that they may lean on him and not
fall, and he will be the Light of the Nations, and he will be the hope of those who grieve in their
hearts.
48.5 All those who dwell upon the dry ground will fall down and worship in front of him, and
they will bless, and praise, and celebrate with psalms, the name of the Lord of Spirits.
48.6 And because of this he was chosen, and hidden in front of Him, before the World was
created, and forever.
48.7 But the wisdom of the Lord of Spirits has revealed him to the Holy and the righteous, for
he has kept safe the lot of the righteous, for they have hated and rejected this world of iniquity.
And all its works and its ways they have hated in the name of the Lord of Spirits. For in His
name they are saved and he is the one who will require their lives.
48.8 And in those days the kings of the Earth, and the strong who possess the dry ground,
will have downcast faces because of the works of their hands, for on the day of their distress
and trouble they will not save themselves.
48.9 And I will give them into the hands of my chosen ones; like straw in the fire, and like
lead in water, so they will burn in front of the righteous, and sink in front of the Holy, and no
trace will be found of them.
48.10 And on the day of their trouble there will be rest on the earth and they will fall down in
front of him and will not rise. And there will be no one who will take them with his hands and
raise them for they denied the Lord of Spirits and his Messiah. May the name of the Lord of
Spirits be blessed!
49.1 For wisdom has been poured out like water and glory will not fail in front of Him forever
and ever.
49.2 For He is powerful in all the secrets of righteousness and iniquity will pass away like a
shadow, and will have no existence; for the Chosen One stands in front of the Lord of Spirits
and His Glory is for ever and ever, and His Power for all generations.
49.3 And in Him dwell the spirit of wisdom, and the spirit that gives understanding, and the
spirit of knowledge and of power, and the spirit of those who sleep in righteousness.
49.4 And he will judge the things that are secret, and no one will be able to say an idle word
in front of him, for he has been chosen in front of the Lord of Spirits, in accordance with His
wish.
50.1 And in those days a change will occur for the Holy and the chosen; the Light of Days
will rest upon them, and glory and honour will return to the Holy.
50.2 And on the day of trouble, calamity will be heaped up over the sinners, but the righteous
will conquer in the Name of the Lord of Spirits and He will show this to others so that they might
repent and abandon the works of their hands.
50.3 And they will have no honour in front of the Lord of Spirits, but in His Name they will be
saved and the Lord of Spirits will have mercy on them, for his mercy is great.
50.4 And He is righteous in His judgment, and in front of His Glory iniquity will not be able to
stand against His Judgment; he who does not repent will be destroyed.
50.5 "And from then on I will not have mercy on them," says the Lord of Spirits.
51.1 And in those days the Earth will return that which has been entrusted to it, and Sheol
will return that which has been entrusted to it and that which it has received. And destruction will
return what it owes.
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51.2 And He will choose the Righteous and the Holy from among them; for the day has come
near when they must be saved.
51.3 And in those days, the Chosen One will sit on his throne, and all the Secrets of Wisdom
will flow out from the council of his mouth, for the Lord of Spirits has appointed him and glorified
him.
51.4 And in those days the mountains will leap like rams, and the hills will skip like lambs
satisfied with milk, and all will become Angels in Heaven.
51.5 Their faces will shine with joy, for in those days the Chosen One will have risen and the
earth will rejoice. And the righteous will dwell upon it and the chosen will walk upon it.
52.1 And after those days, in that place where I had seen all the visions of that which is
secret, for I had been carried off by a whirlwind, and they had brought me to the west.
52.2 There my eyes saw the secrets of Heaven; everything that will occur on Earth: a
mountain of iron, and a mountain of copper, and a mountain of silver, and a mountain of gold,
and a mountain of soft metal, and a mountain of lead.
52.3 And I asked the Angel who went with me, saying:
"What are these things which I have seen in secret?"
52.4 And he said to me: "All these things which you have seen serve the authority of His
Messiah, so that he may be strong and powerful on the Earth."
52.5 And that Angel of Peace answered me, saying: "Wait a little and you will see, and
everything which is secret, which the Lord of Spirits has established, will be revealed to you.
52.6 And these mountains, that you have seen; the mountain of iron, and the mountain of
copper, and the mountain of silver, and the mountain of gold, and the mountain of soft metal,
and the mountain of lead. All these in front of the Chosen One will be like wax before fire, and
like the water that comes down from above onto these mountains they will be weak under his
feet.
52.7 And it will come to pass in those days, that neither by gold, nor by silver, will men save
themselves; they will be unable to save themselves, or to flee.
52.8 And there will be neither iron for war nor material for a breastplate; bronze will be no
use, and tin will be of no use and will count for nothing, and lead will not be wanted.
52.9 All these will be wiped out and destroyed from the face of the earth when the Chosen
One appears in front of the Lord of Spirits."
53.1 And there my eyes saw a deep valley, and its mouth was open; and all those who dwell
upon dry ground and the sea and the islands will bring gifts and presents and offerings to him,
but that deep valley will not become full.
53.2 And their hands commit evil, and everything at which the righteous toil the sinners evilly
devour; and so the sinners will be destroyed from in front of the Lord of Spirits, and will be
banished from the face of His Earth, unceasingly for ever and ever.
53.3 For I saw the Angels of Punishment going and preparing all the instruments of Satan.
53.4 And I asked the Angel of Peace, who went with me, and I said to him: "These
instruments - for whom are they preparing them?"
53.5 And he said to me: "They are preparing these for the kings and the powerful of this
Earth, so that by means of them they may be destroyed.
53.6 And after this the Righteous and Chosen One will cause the house of his congregation
to appear; from then on, in the name of the Lord of Spirits, they will not be hindered.
53.7 And in front of him these mountains will not be firm like the earth, and the hills will be
like a spring of water; and the righteous will have rest from the ill-treatment of the sinners."
54.1 And I looked, and turned to another part of the Earth, and I saw there a deep valley with
burning fire.
54.2 And they brought the kings and powerful and threw them into that valley.
54.3 And there my eyes saw how they made instruments for them - iron chains of
immeasurable weight.
54.4 And I asked the Angel of Peace, who went with me, saying: "These chain instruments -
for whom are they being prepared?"
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54.5 And he said to me: "These are being prepared for the hosts of Azazel, so that they may
take them, and throw them into the lowest part of hell; and they will cover their jaws with rough
stones, as the Lord of Spirits commanded.
54.6 And Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel - these will take hold of them on that
great day. And throw them, on that day, into the furnace of burning fire, so that the Lord of
Spirits may take vengeance on them for their iniquity, in that they became servants of Satan,
and led astray those who dwell upon the dry ground.
54.7 And in those days, the punishment of the Lord of Spirits will go out, and all the
storehouses of the waters which are above the sky and under the earth, will be opened.
54.8 And all the waters will be joined with the waters that are above the sky. The water that
is above the sky is male and the water that is under the Earth is female.
54.9 And all those who dwell upon the dry ground, and those who dwell under the ends of
Heaven, will be wiped out.
54.10 And because of this they will acknowledge their iniquity which they have committed on
the Earth and through this they will be destroyed."
55.1 And after this, the Head of Days repented, and said:
"I have destroyed to no purpose all those who dwell upon the dry ground."
55.2 And he swore by His Great Name: "From now on I will not act like this towards all those
who dwell upon the dry ground. And I will put a sign in Heaven, and it will be a pledge of faith
between me and them forever, so long as Heaven is above the Earth.
55.3 And this will be in accordance with my command. When I want to take hold of them with
the hands of the Angels, on the day of distress and pain, in the face of my anger and my wrath,
my wrath and anger will remain upon them" says the Lord, The Lord of Spirits.
55.4 "You powerful kings who dwell upon the dry ground will be obliged to watch my Chosen
One sit down on the throne of My Glory, and judge, in the Name of the Lord of Spirits, Azazel
and all his associates and all his hosts."
56.1 And I saw there the hosts of the Angels of Punishment, as they went, and they were
holding chains of iron and bronze.
56.2 And I asked the Angel of Peace, who went with me, saying:
"To whom are those who are holding the chains going?"
56.3 And he said to me: "Each to his own chosen ones, and to their beloved ones, so that
they may be thrown into the chasm, in the depths of the valley."
56.4 And then, that valley will be filled with their chosen and beloved ones, and the days of
their life will be at an end, and the days of their leading astray will no longer be counted.
56.5 And in those days, the Angels will gather together, and will throw themselves towards
the east, upon the Parthians and Medes. They will stir up the kings so that a disturbing spirit will
come upon them, and they will drive them from their thrones; and they will come out like lions
from their lairs, and like hungry wolves in the middle of their flocks.
56.6 And they will go up and trample on the Land of My Chosen Ones, and the land of my
chosen ones will become before them a tramping-ground and a beaten track.
56.7 But the City of My Righteous Ones will be a hindrance to their horses, and they will stir
up slaughter amongst themselves, and their own right hand will be strong against them. And a
man will not admit to knowing his neighbour, or his brother, nor a son his father, or his mother,
until, through their death, there are corpses enough; and their punishment - it will not be in vain.
56.8 And in those days Sheol will open its mouth and they will sink into it and their
destruction; Sheol will swallow up the sinners in front of the faces of the chosen."
57.1 And it came to pass, after this, that I saw another host of chariots with men riding on
them, and they came upon the wind from the east and from the west, to the south.
57.2 And the sound of the noise of their chariots was heard. And when this occurred the Holy
Ones observed it from Heaven and the Pillars of the Earth were shaken from their foundations.
And the sound was heard from the ends of the Earth to the ends of Heaven throughout one day.
57.3 And all will fall down and worship the Lord of Spirits. And this is the end of the second
parable.
The Third Parable. (Pages 75-85)
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The two monsters mentioned at 60.7 are also mentioned in the book of Job possibly the oldest
book in the Bible. See Job 40.15 & 41.1. Behemoth is "the beast" and Leviathan is "the monster of
chaos,” but what they represent, in Enoch's book, is not made clear. At 60.10, the Watchers say it is a
secret and then they soon change the subject.
At 60.1 Enoch gives his age; it is written as 500 and not 50 in the Ethiopian copies. I feel this must
be due to an ancient transcription error so I have substituted 50 as the most likely alternative. I suspect
that Enoch had just had his exact age calculated by the Watchers, based on the story of his birth,
which would be a rare thing to know in the days before calendars were in everyday use.
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61.1 And in those days, I saw long cords given to those Angels and they acquired wings for
themselves, and flew, and went towards the north.
61.2 And I asked the Angel, saying:
“Why did these take the long cords, and go?” And he said to me: “They went so that they
may measure.”
61.3 And the Angel who went with me, said to me:
“These will bring the measurements of the righteous, and the ropes of the righteous, to the
righteous, that they may rely on the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.
61.4 The chosen will begin to dwell with the chosen, and these measurements will be given
to faith, and will strengthen righteousness.
61.5 And these measurements will reveal all the secrets of the depths of the Earth, and
those who were destroyed by the desert, and those who were devoured by the fish of the sea,
and by animals, that they may return and rely on the Day of the Chosen One. For no one will be
destroyed in front of the Lord of Spirits, and no one can be destroyed.”
61.6 And all those in the Heavens above received a command, and power, and one voice,
and one light like fire was given to them.
61.7 And Him, before everything, they blessed, and exalted, and praised in wisdom. And
they showed themselves wise in speech and in the spirit of life.
61.8 And the Lord of Spirits set the Chosen One on the throne of his glory, and he will judge
all the works of the Holy ones in Heaven above, and in the Balance he will weigh their deeds.
61.9 And when he lifts his face to judge their secret ways according to the word of the name
of the Lord of Spirits, and their path according to the way of the Righteous Judgment of the Lord
Most High, they will all speak with one voice and bless, and praise, and exalt, and glorify, the
Name of the Lord of Spirits.
61.10 And he will call all the Host of the Heavens and all the Holy Ones above, and the Host
of the Lord, the Cherubim, and the Seraphim, and the Ophannim, and all the Angels of Power,
and all the Angels of the Principalities, and the Chosen One, and the other host that is upon the
dry ground, and over the water, on that Day.
61.11 And they will raise one voice, and will bless, and praise, and glorify, and exalt, in the
spirit of faith, and in the spirit of wisdom, and of patience, and in the spirit of mercy, and in the
spirit of justice, and of peace, and in the spirit of goodness. And they will all say with one voice:
“Blessed is He, and blessed be the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.”
61.12 All Those Who Do Not Sleep in Heaven above will bless him. All His Holy Ones who
are in Heaven, will bless Him, and all the chosen ones who dwell in the Garden of Life, and
every spirit able to bless, and praise and exalt, and hallow your Holy Name. And all flesh which
to the limit of its power, will praise, and bless, your Name forever and ever.
61.13 For great is the mercy of the Lord of Spirits, and he is long-suffering; and all his works
and all his forces, as many as he has made, he has revealed to the righteous and the chosen, in
the Name of the Lord of Spirits.
62.1 And thus the Lord commanded the kings, and the mighty and the exalted, and those
who dwell upon the earth, and said: “Open your eyes and raise your horns if you are able to
acknowledge the Chosen One.”
62.2 And the Lord of Spirits sat on His Throne of Glory, and the spirit of righteousness was
poured out on him, and the word of his mouth kills all the sinners and all the lawless, and they
are destroyed in front of him.
62.3 And on that Day, all the kings and the mighty and the exalted, and those who possess
the earth, will stand up and they will see and recognize how he sits on the Throne of His Glory.
And the righteous are judged in righteousness, in front of him, and no idle word is spoken in
front of him.
62.4 And pain will come upon them as upon a woman in labour, for whom giving birth is
difficult when her child enters the mouth of the womb, and she has difficulty giving birth.
62.5 And one half of them will look at the other, and they will be terrified, and will cast down
their faces, and pain will take hold of them when they see that son of a woman sitting on the
throne of His Glory.
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62.6 And the mighty kings, and all those who possess the earth, will praise and bless and
exalt Him who rules everything that is hidden.
62.7 For from the beginning that Son of Man was hidden, and the Most High kept him in the
presence of His power, and revealed him only to the chosen.
62.8 And the community of the Holy and the chosen will be sown and all the chosen will
stand before him on that day.
62.9 And all the mighty kings, and the exalted, and those who rule the dry ground, will fall
down before him, on their faces, and worship; and they will set their hopes on that Son of Man,
and will entreat him, and will petition for mercy from him.
62.10 But the Lord of Spirits will then so press them that they will hasten to go out from
before Him, and their faces will be filled with shame, and the darkness will grow deeper on their
faces.
62.11 And the Angels of Punishment will take them so that they may repay them for the
wrong that they did to His children and to His chosen ones.
62.12 And they will become a spectacle to the righteous and to His chosen ones; they will
rejoice over them, for the anger of the Lord of Spirits will rest upon them, and the sword of the
Lord of Spirits will be drunk with them.
62.13 And the righteous and the chosen will be saved on that Day and they will never see
the faces of the sinners and the lawless from then on.
62.14 And the Lord of Spirits will remain over them and with that Son of Man they will dwell,
and eat, and lie down, and rise up, forever and ever.
62.15 And the righteous and chosen will have risen from the earth, and will have ceased to
cast down their faces, and will have put on the Garment of Life.
62.16 And this will be a Garment of Life from the Lord of Spirits; and your garments will not
wear out, and your glory will not fail, in front of the Lord of Spirits.
63.1 In those days, the mighty kings who possess the dry ground will entreat the Angels of
His Punishment to whom they have been handed over so that they might give them a little
respite. And so that they might fall down and worship in front of the Lord of Spirits, and confess
their sins in front of Him.
63.2 And they will bless and praise the Lord of Spirits, and say: “Blessed be the Lord of
Spirits, and the Lord of Kings, the Lord of the Mighty, and the Lord of the Rich, and the Lord of
Glory, and the Lord of Wisdom!
63.3 And everything secret is clear, in front of You, and your power is for all generations, and
your glory is forever and ever. Deep and without number are all your secrets and your
righteousness is beyond reckoning.
63.4 Now we realize that we ought to praise and bless the Lord of Kings and the one who is
King over all Kings.”
63.5 And they will say: “Would that we might be given a respite, so that we might praise and
thank and bless him, and make our confession in front of His Glory.
63.6 And now we long for a respite, but do not find it; we are driven off and do not obtain it;
and the light has passed away from before us, and darkness will be our dwelling forever and
ever.
63.7 For we have not made our confession before him, and we have not praised the name of
the Lord of Kings, and we have not praised the Lord for all his works, but our hopes have been
on the sceptre of our kingdom, and of our glory.
63.8 And on the day of our affliction and distress he does not save us, and we find no respite
to make our confession that our Lord is faithful in all his doings, and in all his judgments and his
justice, and that his judgments show no respect for persons.
63.9 And we pass away from in front of him because of all our works and all our sins have
been counted exactly.”
63.10 Then they will say to them: “Our souls are sated with possessions gained through
iniquity, but they do not prevent our going down into the flames of the torment of Sheol.”
63.11 And after this their faces will be filled with darkness and shame, in front of that Son of
Man, and they will be driven away from him. And the sword will dwell among them - in front of
Him.
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63.12 And thus says the Lord of Spirits: “This is the Law and the Judgment for the mighty,
and the kings, and the exalted, and for those who possess the dry ground, in front of the Lord of
Spirits.”
64.1 And I saw other figures hidden in that place.
64.2 I heard the voice of the Angel saying: “These are the Angels who came down from
Heaven onto the Earth and revealed what is secret to the sons of men, and led astray the sons
of men, so that they committed sin.”
68.2 And on that day the Holy Michael answered Raphael, saying: “The power of the spirit
seizes me and makes me tremble because of the harshness of the judgment of the Angels.
Who can endure the harshness of the judgment which has been executed and before which
they melt with fear?”
68.3 And the Holy Michael answered Raphael again, and said to him: “Who would not soften
his heart over it, and whose mind would not be disturbed by this word? Judgment has gone out
against them, upon those whom they have led out like this.”
68.4 But it came to pass, when he stood before the Lord of Spirits, that the Holy Michael
spoke as follows to Raphael: “I will not take their part under the eye of the Lord, for the Lord of
Spirits is angry with them, because they act as if they were the Lord.
68.5 Because of this the hidden judgment will come upon them for ever and ever; for neither
any other Angel, nor any man, will receive their lot, but they alone have received their judgment
for ever and ever.
69.1 And after this judgment I will terrify them, and make them tremble, for they have shown
this to those who dwell upon the dry ground.”
69.2 And behold, the names of those Angels: - The first of them is Semyaza, and the second
Artaqifa, and the third Armen, and the fourth Kokabiel, and the fifth Turiel, and the sixth Ramiel,
and the seventh Daniel, and the eighth Nuqael, and the ninth Baraqiel, and the tenth Azazel,
and the eleventh Armaros, the twelfth Batriel, the thirteenth Basasael, the fourteenth Ananel, the
fifteenth Turiel, the sixteenth Samsiel, the seventeenth Yetarel, the eighteenth Tumiel, the
nineteenth Turiel, the twentieth Rumiel, the twenty-first Azazel.
69.3 And these are the chiefs of their Angels, and the names of the leaders of hundreds, and
their leaders of fifties, and their leaders of tens.
69.4 The name of the first is Yequn; this is the one who led astray all the children of the Holy
Angels, and he brought them down onto the dry ground, and led them astray through the
daughters of men.
69.5 And the name of the second is Asbeel; this one suggested an evil plan to the children of
the Holy Angels, and led them astray, so that they corrupted their bodies with the daughters of
men.
69.6 And the name of the third is Gadreel; this is the one that showed all the deadly blows to
the sons of men. And he led astray Eve. And he showed the weapons of death to the children of
men, the shield and the breastplate, and the sword for slaughter, and all the weapons of death
to the sons of men.
69.7 And from his hand they have gone out against those who dwell the dry ground from that
time and forever and ever.
69.8 And the name of the fourth is Penemue; this one showed the sons of men the bitter and
the sweet and showed them all the secrets of their wisdom.
69.9 He taught men the art of writing with ink and paper, and through this many have gone
astray, from eternity to eternity, and to this day.
69.10 For men were not created for this, that they should confirm their faith like this, with pen
and ink.
69.11 For men were created no differently from the Angels, so that they might remain
righteous and pure, and death, which destroys everything, would not have touched them; but
through this knowledge of theirs they are being destroyed and through this power death
consumes them.
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69.12 And the name of the fifth is Kasdeyae; this one showed the sons of men all the evil
blows of the spirits and of the demons, and the blows that attack the embryo in the womb so
that it miscarries. And the blows that attack the soul: the bite of the serpent. And the blows that
occur at midday, and the son of the serpent - who is strong.
69.13 And this is the task of Kesbeel, the chief of the oath, who showed the oath to the Holy
ones when he dwelt on high in glory. And his name is Beqa.
69.14 And this one told the Holy Michael that he should show him the secret name so that
they might mention it in the oath, so that those, who showed the sons of men everything that is
secret, trembled before that name and oath.
69.15 And this is the power of this oath, for it is powerful and strong, and he placed this oath,
Akae, in the charge of the Holy Michael.
69.16 And these are the secrets of this oath, and they are strong through this oath, and
Heaven was suspended, before the world was created, and forever.
69.17 And through it the earth was founded upon the water, and from the hidden recesses of
the mountains come beautiful waters, from the creation of the world and for ever.
69.18 And through that oath the sea was created, and as its foundation, for the time of
anger, he placed for it the sand, and it does not go beyond it, from the creation of the world and
for ever.
69.19 And through that oath the deeps were made firm, and they stand and do not move
from their place, from the creation of the world and for ever.
69.20 And through that oath the Sun and the Moon complete their course and do not
transgress their command, from the creation of the world and for ever.
69.21 And through that oath the stars complete their course, and he calls their names, and
they answer him, from the creation of the world and for ever.
69.22 And likewise the spirits of the water, of the winds, and of all the breezes, and their
paths, according to all the groups of the spirits.
69.23 And there are kept the storehouses of the sound of thunder, and of the light of the
lightning; and there are kept the storehouses of the hail, and the hoarfrost, and the storehouses
of the mist, and the storehouses of the rain and dew.
69.24 And all these make their confession and give thanks in front of the Lord of Spirits and
sing praises with all their power. And their food consists of all their thanksgiving and they give
thanks, praise, and exalt, in the name of the Lord of Spirits, forever and ever.
69.25 And this oath is strong over them and through it they are kept safe and their courses
are not disturbed.
69.26 And they had great joy and they blessed, praised, and exalted, because the name of
that Son of Man had been revealed to them.
69.27 And he sat on the Throne of His Glory and the whole judgment was given to the Son
of Man and he will cause the sinners to pass away and be destroyed from the face of the Earth.
69.28 And those who led astray the world will be bound in chains and will be shut up in the
assembly-place of their destruction, and all their works will pass away from the face of the earth.
69.29 And from then on there will be nothing corruptible. For that Son of Man has appeared,
and has sat on the Throne of His Glory, and everything evil will pass away and go from in front
of Him; and the word of that Son of Man will be strong in front of the Lord of Spirits. This is the
Third Parable of Enoch.
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71.10 And with them the Head of Days, his head white, and pure, like wool and his garments
- indescribable.
71.11 And I fell upon my face, and my whole body melted, and my spirit was transformed;
and I cried out in a loud voice, in the spirit of power, and I blessed, praised, and exalted.
71.12 And these blessings, which came out from my mouth, were pleasing before that Head
of Days.
71.13 And that Head of Days came with Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel, and
thousands and tens of thousands of Angels without number.
71.14 And that Angel, came to me, and greeted me with his voice, and said to me: “You are
the son of man who was born to righteousness and righteousness remains over you and the
righteousness of the Head of Days, will not leave you.”
71.15 And he said to me: “He proclaims peace to you in the name of the world which is to
come, for from there peace has come out from the creation of the world and so you will have it
for ever and for ever and ever.
71.16 And all will walk according to your way, inasmuch as righteousness will never leave
you. With you will be their dwelling, and with you their lot, and they will not be separated from
you for ever and for ever and ever.
71.17 And so there will be length of days with that Son of Man, and the righteous will have
peace, and the righteous will have an upright way in the name of the Lord of Spirits, for ever and
ever.”
59.1 And in those days my eyes saw the secrets of the flashes of lightning, and the lights,
and the regulations governing them; and they flash for a blessing or a curse, as the Lord of
Spirits wishes.
59.2 And there I saw the secrets of the thunder and how when it crashes in Heaven above
the sound of it is heard. And they showed me the dwellings of the dry ground, and the sound of
the thunder, for peace, and for blessing, or for a curse, according to the word of the Lord of
Spirits.
59.3 And after this all the secrets of the lights, and of the flashes of lightning, were shown to
me. They flash to bring blessing and satisfaction.
60.11 And the other Angel spoke to me, the one who went with me and showed me what is
secret; what is first and last in Heaven, in the heights, and under the dry ground, in the depths,
and at the Ends of Heaven, and at the Foundations of Heaven, and in the Storehouses of the
Winds.
60.12 And how the spirits are distributed, and how they are weighed. And how the springs,
and the winds, are counted according to the power of their spirit. And the power of the light of
the Moon. And the divisions of the stars according to their names. And how all the divisions are
made.
60.13 And the thunder - according to the places were it falls. And all the divisions that are
made in lightning - so that it may flash. And its hosts - how they quickly obey.
60.14 For the thunder have fixed intervals, which have been given to its sound, for waiting.
And the thunder and the lightning are not separate although not the same. Through a spirit the
two of them move inseparably.
60.15 For when the lightning flashes the thunder utters its voice, and the spirit, at the proper
time, causes it to rest, and divides equally between them because the storehouse of the times
for their occurrence is like that of the sand. And each of them, at the proper time, is held by a
rein, and turned back by the power of the spirit, and likewise driven forward, according to the
number of the regions of the Earth.
60.16 And the spirit of the sea is male and strong, and according to the power of its strength,
the spirit turns it back with a rein, and likewise it is driven forward, and scattered amongst all the
mountains of the Earth.
60.17 And the spirit of the hoarfrost is its own Angel; and the spirit of the hail, is a good
Angel.
60.18 And the spirit of the snow has withdrawn because of its power, and it has a special
spirit, and that which rises from it is like smoke and its name is frost.
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60.19 And the spirit of the mist is not associated with them in their storehouse but has a
special storehouse; for its course is glorious both in light and darkness, and in winter and in
summer, and its storehouse is an Angel.
60.20 The spirit of the dew has its dwelling at the ends of Heaven and is connected with the
storehouses of the rain. And its course is in winter and in summer and its clouds. And the clouds
of the mist are associated and one gives to the other.
60.21 And when the spirit of the rain moves from its storehouse the Angels come and open
the storehouse and bring it out. And when it is scattered over all the dry ground it joins with all
the water that is on the dry ground. And whenever it joins with the water that is on the dry
ground.(.…..)
60.22 For the waters are for those who dwell upon the dry ground, for they are nourishment
for the dry ground, from the Most High who is in Heaven. Therefore there is a fixed measure for
the rain and the Angels comprehend it.
60.23 All these things, I saw towards the Garden of Righteousness.
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72.12 And then the day becomes longer by two parts, and the day amounts to eleven parts,
and the night becomes shorter and amounts to seven parts.
72.13 And the Sun returns to the east and comes to the sixth Gate, and rises and sets in the
sixth Gate for thirty-one mornings, because of its sign.
72.14 And on that day the day becomes longer than the night, and the day becomes double
the night; and the day amounts to twelve parts, and the night becomes shorter and amounts to
six parts.
72.15 And the Sun rises up so that the day may grow shorter, and the night longer; and the
Sun returns to the east, and comes to the sixth Gate, and rises from it, and sets, for thirty
mornings.
72.16 And when thirty mornings have been completed the day becomes shorter, by exactly
one part; and the day amounts to eleven parts, and the night to seven parts.
72.17 And the Sun goes out from the west, through that sixth Gate, and goes to the east,
and rises in the fifth Gate for thirty mornings and it sets in the west again, in the fifth Gate in the
west.
72.18 On that day the day becomes shorter by two parts, and the day amounts to ten parts,
and the night to eight parts.
72.19 And the Sun rises from that fifth Gate, and sets in the fifth Gate in the west, and rises
in the fourth Gate for thirty-one mornings because of its sign, and sets in the west.
72.20 On that day the day becomes equal with the night, and is of equal length; and the
night amounts to nine parts, and the day to nine parts.
72.21 And the Sun rises from that Gate and sets in the west, and returns to the east, and
rises in the third Gate for thirty mornings, and sets in the west in the third Gate.
72.22 And the Sun rises from that third Gate, and sets in the third Gate in the west, and
returns to the east; and the Sun rises in the second Gate in the east for thirty mornings, and
likewise, it sets in the second Gate, in the west of Heaven.
72.24 And on that day the night amounts to eleven parts and the day to seven parts.
72.25 And the Sun rises, on that day, from the second Gate, and sets in the west in the
second Gate, and returns to the east to the first Gate for thirty-one mornings, then sets in the
west in the first Gate.
72.26 And on that day the night becomes longer, and becomes double the day; and the night
amounts to exactly twelve parts, and the day to six parts.
72.27 And with this, the Sun has completed the divisions of its journey, and it turns back
again, along these divisions of its journey; and it comes through that first Gate for thirty
mornings, and sets in the west opposite it.
72.28 And on that day the night becomes shorter in length by one part, and amounts to
eleven parts, and the day to seven parts.
72.29 And the Sun returns, and comes to the second Gate in the east, and it returns along
those divisions of its journey for thirty mornings, rising and setting.
72.30 And on that day the night becomes shorter in length and the night amounts to ten
parts and the day to eight parts.
72.31 And on that day, the Sun rises from the second Gate, and sets in the west, and returns
to the east, and rises in the third Gate for thirty one mornings, and sets in the west of the sky.
72.32 And on that day the night becomes shorter, and amounts to nine parts, and the day
amounts to nine parts, and the night becomes equal with the day. And the year amounts to
exactly 364 days.
72.33 And the length of the day and the night, and the shortness of the day and the night -
they are different because of the journey of the Sun.
72.34 Because of it, its journey becomes daily longer, and nightly shorter.
72.35 And this is the law and the journey of the Sun and its return, as often as it returns;
sixty times it returns and rises, that is the great eternal light, which for ever and ever is named
the Sun.
72.36 And this that rises is the great light, which is named after its appearance, as the Lord
commanded.
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72.37 And thus it rises and sets; it neither decreases, nor rests, but runs day and night in its
chariot. And its light is seven times brighter than that of the Moon but in size the two are equal.
73.1 And after this law I saw another law, for the lesser light, named the Moon.
73.2 And its disc is like the disc of the Sun, and the wind blows its chariot on which it rides,
and in fixed measure light is given to it.
73.3 And every month it’s rising and setting change, and its days are as the days of the Sun,
and when its light is uniformly full, it is a seventh part the light of the Sun.
73.4 And thus it rises, and its first phase is towards the east; it rises on the thirtieth morning.
And on that day it appears, and becomes for you the first phase of the Moon, on the thirtieth
morning, together with the Sun in the Gate through which the Sun rises.
73.5 And a half.(…..) .with a seventh part, and its entire disc is empty, without light, except
for a seventh part, a fourteenth part of it’s light.
73.6 And on the day that it receives a seventh part and a half of its light, its light amounts to
a seventh, and a seventh part and a half.
73.7 It sets with the Sun, and when the Sun rises, the Moon rises with it, and receives a half
of one part of light. And on that night at the beginning of its morning, at the beginning of the
Moon's day, the Moon sets with the Sun, and is dark on that night in six and seven parts and a
half.
73.8 And it rises on that day, with exactly a seventh part, goes out, recedes from the rising of
the Sun, and becomes bright on the remainder of its days, in the other six and seven parts.
74.1 And another journey, and law, I saw for it, in that according to this law it makes its
monthly journey.
74.2 And Uriel, the Holy Angel who is leader of them all, showed me everything, and I wrote
down their positions as he showed them to me. And I wrote down their months, as they are, and
the appearance of their light, until fifteen days have been completed.
74.3 In seventh parts it makes all its darkness full, and in seventh parts it makes all its light
full, in the east and in the west.
74.4 And in certain months, it changes its setting, and in certain months, it follows its own
individual course.
74.5 In two months it sets with the Sun, in those two Gates that are in the middle, in the third
and in the fourth Gate.
74.6 It goes out for seven days and turns back, and returns again to the Gate from which the
Sun rises. And in that Gate it makes all its light full, and it recedes from the Sun, and comes, in
eight days, to the sixth Gate from which the Sun rises.
74.7 And when the Sun rises from the fourth Gate, the Moon goes out for seven days, until it
rises from the fifth Gate. And again it returns in seven days to the fourth Gate, makes all its light
full, recedes, and comes to the first Gate in eight days.
74.8 And again it returns in seven days to the fourth Gate from which the Sun rises.
74.9 Thus I saw their positions; how the Moon rose and the Sun set in those days.
74.10 And if five years are added together, the Sun has an excess of thirty days. For each
year, of the five years, there are three hundred and sixty four days.
74.11 And the excess, of the Sun and the stars, comes to six days. In five years, with six
days each, they have an excess of thirty days, and the Moon falls behind the Sun and the stars
by thirty days.
74.12 And the Moon conducts the years exactly, all of them according to their eternal
positions; they are neither early nor late, even by one day, but change the year in exactly 364
days.
74.13 In three years, there are 1,092 days, and in five years 1,820 days, so that in eight
years there are 2,912 days.
74.14 For the Moon alone, the days in three years come to 1,062 days, and in five years it is
fifty days behind.
74.15 And there are 1,770 days in five years so that for the Moon the days in eight years
amount to 2,832 days.
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74.16 For the difference in eight years is eighty days, and all the days that the Moon is
behind, in eight years, are eighty days.
74.17 And the year is completed exactly, in accordance with their positions, and the
positions of the Sun, in that they rise from the Gates from which the Sun rises and sets for thirty
days.
75.1 And the leaders of the tens of thousands, who are in charge of the whole of creation,
and in charge of all the stars, and also the four days which are added, and are not separated
from their position, according to the whole reckoning of the year. And these serve on the four
days that are not counted in the reckoning of the year.
75.2 And because of them men go wrong in them. For these lights really serve in the stations
of the world, one in the first Gate, and one in the third Gate, and one in the fourth Gate, and one
in the sixth Gate. And the exact harmony of the world is completed in the separate 364 stations
of the world.
75.3 For the signs, and the times, and the years, and the days, were showed to me by the
Angel Uriel whom the Lord of Eternal Glory has placed in charge of all the Lights of Heaven. In
Heaven and in the world, so that they might rule on the Face of Heaven, and appear over the
earth, and be leaders of day and night; the Sun, the Moon, the stars, and all the serving
creatures who revolve in all the Chariots of Heaven.
75.4 Likewise, Uriel showed to me twelve Gate-openings in the disc of the chariot of the Sun,
in the sky, from which the rays of the Sun come out. And from them heat comes out over the
Earth when they are opened at the times that are appointed for them.
75.5 And there are openings for the winds, and for the spirit of the dew, when they are
opened at their times, opened in Heaven, at the ends of the earth.
75.6 I saw twelve Gates in Heaven, at the ends of the earth, from which the Sun, and the
Moon, and the stars, and all the works of Heaven, go out in the east and in the west.
75.7 And there are many window-openings to the north and to the south, and each window,
at its appointed time, sends out heat corresponding to those Gates, from which the stars go out,
in accordance with His command to them, and in which they set according to their number.
75.8 And I saw chariots in Heaven, running through the region above those Gates, in which
the stars that never set rotate.
75.9 And one is bigger than all the others. And it goes round through the whole world.
76.1 And at the ends of the earth, I saw twelve Gates open to all the winds, from which the
winds come out and blow over the earth.
76.2 Three of them open in the front of Heaven, and three in the back, and three on the right
of Heaven, and three on the left.
76.3 And the three first are those towards the east, and then the three towards the north, and
the three after these towards the south, and the three in the west.
76.4 Through four of them come winds of blessing and peace. And from the other eight
come winds of punishment; when they are sent they bring devastation to the whole Earth, and
to the water which is on it, and to all those who dwell upon it, and to everything that is in the
water and on dry ground.
76.5 And the first wind from those Gates, called the east wind, comes out through the first
Gate, which is towards the east. The one that comes from the south brings devastation,
drought, heat, and destruction.
76.6 And through the second Gate, in the middle, comes what is right. And from it come rain,
and fruitfulness, and prosperity, and dew. And through the third Gate, which is towards the
north, comes cold and drought.
76.7 And after these, the winds towards the south come out, through three Gates. First,
through the first of the Gates, which inclines towards the east, comes a hot wind.
76.8 And through the middle Gate, which is next to it, come pleasant fragrances, and dew,
and rain, and prosperity, and life.
76.9 And through the third Gate, which is towards the west, come dew, and rain, and locusts,
and devastation.
76.10 And after these, the winds towards the north..(…)..from the seventh Gate, which is
towards the east, come dew and rain, locusts and devastation.
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76.11 And through the Gate exactly in the middle, come rain, and dew, and life, and
prosperity. And through the third Gate, which is towards the west come mist and hoarfrost, and
snow, and rain, and dew, and locusts.
76.12 And after these the winds towards the west. Through the first Gate, which inclines
towards the north, come dew, and rain, and hoarfrost, and cold, and snow, and frost.
76.13 And from the middle Gate, come dew and rain, prosperity and blessing. And through
the last Gate, which is towards the south, come drought and devastation, burning and
destruction.
76.14 And thus the twelve Gates, of the four quarters of Heaven are complete. And all their
laws, and all their punishments, and all their benefits, I have shown to you, my son Methuselah.
77.1 They called the first quarter eastern because it is the first, and they call the second the
south because there the Most High descends, and there especially the one who is blessed
forever descends.
77.2 And the western quarter is called waning because there all the lights of Heaven wane
and go down.
77.3 And the fourth quarter, named the north, is divided into three parts. And the first of them
is the dwelling place for men; and the second contains seas of water, and the deeps, and the
forests, and rivers, and darkness and mist; and the third part contains the Garden of
Righteousness.
77.4 I saw seven high mountains, which were higher than all other mountains on the earth;
and from them snow comes. And days and times and years, pass away and go by.
77.5 I saw seven rivers on the earth, larger than all the other rivers; one of them comes from
the east and pours out its waters into the Great Sea.
77.6 And two of them come from the north to the sea and pour out their water into the
Erythraean Sea in the east.
77.7 And the remaining four flow out on the side of the north, to their seas, two to the
Erythraean Sea, and two into the Great Sea, and they discharge themselves there, and not into
the wilderness, as some say.
77.8 I saw seven large islands, in the sea and on the land, two on the land, and five in the
Great Sea.
78.1 The names of the Sun are as follows: The first Oryares, and the second Tomases.
78.2 The Moon has four names: The first name is Asonya, and the second Ebla, and the
third Benase, and the fourth Era'e.
78.3 These are the two great lights; their disc is like the disc of Heaven and in size the two
are equal.
78.4 In the disc of the Sun, are seven parts of light, which are added to it more than to the
Moon, and in fixed measure light is transferred to the Moon until a seventh part of the Sun is
exhausted.
78.5 And they set, go into the Gates of the west, go round through the north, and rise
through the Gates of the east, on the face of Heaven.
78.6 And when the Moon rises, it appears in the sky, and has a half of a seventh part of light,
and on the fourteenth day it makes all its light full.
78.7 And fifteen parts of light are transferred to it, until on the fifteenth day its light is full,
according to the sign of the year, and amounts to fifteen parts. And the Moon comes into being
by halves of a seventh part.
78.8 And in its waning on the first day, it decreases to fourteen parts of its light. And on the
second to thirteen parts, and on the third to twelve parts, on the fourth to eleven parts, and on
the fifth to ten parts, and on the sixth to nine parts, and on the seventh to eight parts, and on the
eighth to seven parts, and on the ninth to six parts, and on the tenth to five parts, and on the
eleventh to four parts, and on the twelfth to three, and on the thirteenth to two, and on the
fourteenth to half of a seventh part. And all the light that remains from the total disappears on
the fifteenth day.
78.9 And in certain months the Moon has twenty-nine days and once twenty-eight.
78.10 And Uriel showed me another law: - when light is transferred to the Moon, and on
which side it is transferred from the Sun.
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78.11 All the time that the Moon is increasing in its light, it transfers as it becomes opposite
the Sun, until in fourteen days it’s light is full in the sky; and when it is all ablaze, it’s light is full
in the sky.
78.12 And on the first day it is called the New Moon, for on that, daylight rises on it.
78.13 And its light becomes full exactly on the day that as the Sun goes down in the west it
rises from the east for the night. And the Moon shines for the whole night until the Sun rises
opposite it, and the Moon is seen opposite the Sun.
78.14 And on the side on which the light of the Moon appears, there again it wanes, until all
its light disappears, and the days of the Moon end and its disc remains empty without light.
78.15 And for three months, at its proper time, it achieves thirty days, and for three months, it
achieves twenty-nine days, during which it completes its waning, in the first period, in the first
Gate, 127 days.
78.16 And in the time of it’s rising, for three months, it appears in each month with thirty
days. And for three months it appears in each month with twenty-nine days
78.17 By night, for twenty days each time, it looks like a man, and by day like Heaven, for
there is nothing else in it except it’s light.
79.1 And now, my son Methuselah, I have shown you everything, and the whole Law of the
Stars of Heaven is complete.
79.2 And he showed me the whole law for these, for every day, and for every time, and for
every rule, and for every year, and for the end thereof, according to its command, for every
month and every week.
79.3 And the waning of the Moon, which occurs in the sixth Gate, for in that sixth Gate it’s
light becomes full, and after that it is the beginning of the month.
79.4 And the waning, which occurs in the first Gate, at its proper time, until 127 days are
complete, or by weeks; twenty-five weeks and two days.
79.5 And how it falls behind the Sun, according to the law of the stars, by exactly five days in
one period of time, when it has completed the pathway you have seen.
79.6 Such is the appearance, and likeness, of every light, which Uriel, the great Angel who is
their leader, showed to me.
80.1 And in those days Uriel answered me and said to me: “Behold, I have shown you
everything, Oh Enoch. And I have revealed everything to you, so that you may see this Sun,
and this Moon, and those who lead the Stars of Heaven, and all those who turn them, their
tasks and their times and their rising.
80.2 But in the days of the sinners the years will become shorter, and their seed will be late
on their land, and on their fields. And all things on the earth will change and will not appear at
their proper time. And the rain will be withheld and Heaven will retain it.
80.3 And in those times the fruits of the earth will be late, and will not grow at their proper
time, and the fruits of the trees will be withheld at their proper time.
80.4 And the Moon will change its customary practice and will not appear at its proper time.
80.5 But in those days it will appear in Heaven, come on top of a large chariot in the west,
and shine with more than normal brightness.
80.6 And many heads of the stars, in command, will go astray. And these will change their
courses and their activities and will not appear at the times that have been prescribed for them.
80.7 And the entire law of the stars will be closed to the sinners, and the thoughts of those
who dwell upon the Earth will go astray over them, and they will turn from all their ways and will
go astray, and will think them gods.
80.8 And many evils will overtake them and punishment will come upon them to destroy
them all.”
81.1 And he said to me: “Oh Enoch, look at the book of the Tablets of Heaven and read what
is written upon them, and note every individual fact.”
81.2 And I looked at everything that was written and I noted everything. And I read the book
and everything that was written in it, all the deeds of men, and all the children of flesh who will
be upon the Earth, for all the generations of eternity.
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81.3 And then I immediately blessed the Lord, the Eternal King of Glory, in that he has made
all the works of the world, and I praised the Lord because of his patience, and I blessed him on
account of the sons of Adam.
81.4 And at that time I said: “Blessed is the man who dies righteous and good, concerning
whom no book of iniquity has been written, and against whom no guilt has been found.”
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82.20 And these are the names, and the orders, and the leaders of these heads over
thousands: Gedaeyal, Keel, and Heel. And the name of the head-over-a-thousand, who is
added to them, is Asfael. And the days of his period of rule are complete.
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The eagles first appear in the story at 90.2 they are the Romans.
Fifty-eight of the shepherds have served their time by verse 90.5.
The small lambs with open eyes (90.6) may be the Essenes.
At 90.8 there is the death of John the Baptist - by the ravens.
Jesus is the "sheep with the big horn" at 90.9-16. Interestingly, it does not say specifically that he is
killed, only that his ministry is stopped by a conspiracy.
At 90.17, the final twelve shepherds have their own book. This must be the Christian era.
The prophecy then goes into the future. At 90.18, God strikes the earth in anger. This is the
"second end" in the next section. There are no recognizable events after this, the story goes far off into
the future and only time will reveal its meaning.
85.1 And after this I saw another dream, and I will show it all to you, my son.
85.2 And Enoch raised his voice and said to his son Methuselah: “To you I speak, my son.
Hear my words, and incline your ear to the dream vision of your father.
85.3 Before I took your mother, Edna, I saw a vision on my bed: - and behold - a bull came
out of the earth, and that bull was white.
And, after it, a heifer came out, and with the heifer came two bullocks, and one of them was
black and the other red.
85.4 And that black bullock struck the red one, and pursued it over the earth, and from then
on I could not see that red bullock.
85.5 But that black bullock grew, and a heifer went with it; and I saw that many bulls came
out from it, which were like it, and followed behind it.
85.6 And that cow, that first one, came from the presence of that first bull, seeking that red
bullock, but did not find it. And then it moaned bitterly and continued to seek it.
85.7 And I looked until that first bull came to it, and calmed it, and from that time it did not cry
out.
85.8 And after this, she bore another white bull, and after this she bore many black bulls and
cows.
85.9 And I saw, in my sleep, that white bull, how it likewise grew and became a large white
bull. And from it came many white bulls, and they were like it.
85.10 And they began to beget many white bulls that were like them - one following another.
86.1 And again, I looked with my eyes as I was sleeping, and I saw Heaven above, and
behold, a star fell from Heaven, and it arose and ate and pastured amongst those bulls.
86.2 And, after this, I saw the large and the black bulls, and behold, all of them changed their
pens, and their pastures, and their heifers. And they began to moan, one after another.
86.3 And, again, I saw in the vision and looked up at Heaven, and behold, I saw many stars,
how they came down, and were thrown down from Heaven to that first star, and fell amongst
those heifers and bulls. They were with them pasturing amongst them.
86.4 And I looked at them and saw, and behold, all of them let out their private parts, like
horses, and began to mount the cows of the bulls. And they all became pregnant and bore
elephants, camels, and asses.
86.5 And all the bulls were afraid of them, and were terrified in front of them. And they began
to bite with their teeth, and to devour, and to gore with their horns.
86.6 And so they began to devour those bulls, and behold, all the sons of the Earth began to
tremble and shake before them and to flee.
87.1 And again I saw them, how they began to gore one another, and to devour one another,
and the Earth began to cry out.
87.2 And I raised my eyes again to Heaven, and saw in the vision, and behold, there came
from Heaven beings that were like white men. And four came from that place, and three others
with them.
87.3 And those three, who came out last, took hold of me by my hand and raised me from
the generations of the Earth, and lifted me up onto a high place, and showed me a tower high
above the earth, and all the hills were lower.
87.4 And one said to me: “Remain here until you have seen everything which is coming upon
these elephants, and camels, and asses, and upon the stars, and upon all the bulls.”
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88.1 And I saw one of those four who had come out first, how he took hold of that first star,
which had fallen from Heaven, and bound it by its hands and feet, and threw it into an abyss.
And that abyss was narrow, and deep, and horrible, and dark.
88.2 And one of them drew his sword, and gave it to those elephants, camels, and asses;
and they began to strike one another, and the whole Earth shook because of them.
88.3 And as I looked in the vision, behold, one of those four who had come out cast a line
from Heaven and gathered and took all the large stars; those whose private parts were like the
private parts of horses, and bound them all by their hands and their feet, and threw them into a
chasm of the Earth.
89.1 And one of those four, went to a white bull, and taught him a mystery, trembling as he
was. He was born a bull, but became a man, and built for himself a large vessel, and dwelt on it,
and three bulls went with him in that vessel, and they were covered over.
89.2 And, again, I raised my eyes to Heaven and saw a high roof with seven water channels
on it, and those channels discharged much water into an enclosure.
89.3 And I looked again, and behold, springs opened on the floor of that large enclosure, and
water began to bubble up, and to rise above the floor. And I looked at that enclosure until its
whole floor was covered by water.
89.4 And water, darkness, and mist increased on it, and I looked at the height of that water,
and that water had risen above that enclosure and was pouring out over the enclosure, and it
remained on the earth.
89.5 And all the bulls of that enclosure were gathered together, until I saw how they sank,
and were swallowed up, and destroyed, in that water.
89.6 And that vessel floated on the water, but all the bulls, elephants, camels, and asses
sank to the bottom, together with all the animals, so that I could not see them. And they were
unable to get out, but were destroyed, and sank into the depths.
89.7 And, again, I looked at that vision until those water channels were removed from that
high roof, and the chasms of the Earth were made level, and other abysses were opened.
89.8 And the water began to run down into them, until the earth became visible, and that
vessel settled on the earth and the darkness departed, and light appeared.
89.9 And that white bull, who became a man, went out from that vessel, and the three bulls
with him. And one of the three bulls was white, like that bull, and one of them was red as blood,
and one was black. And that white bull passed away from them.
89.10 And they began to beget wild animals and birds, so that there arose from them every
kind of species: lions, tigers, wolves, dogs, hyenas, wild-boars, foxes, badgers, pigs, falcons,
vultures, kites, eagles, and ravens. But amongst them was born a white bull.
89.11 And they began to bite one another but that white bull, which was born amongst them,
begat a wild ass and a white bull with it, and the wild asses increased.
89.12 But that bull, which was born from it, begat a black wild boar and a white sheep, and
that wild-boar begat many boars and that sheep begat twelve sheep.
89.13 And when those twelve sheep had grown, they handed one of their number over to the
asses, and those in turn, handed that sheep over to the wolves; and that sheep grew up
amongst the wolves.
89.14 And the Lord brought the eleven sheep to dwell with it, and to pasture with it amongst
the wolves, and they increased and became many flocks of sheep.
89.15 And the wolves began to make them afraid, and they oppressed them until they made
away with their young, and then they threw their young into a river with much water; but those
sheep began to cry out because of their young, and to complain to their Lord.
89.16 But a sheep, which had been saved from the wolves, fled and escaped to the wild
asses. And I saw the sheep moaning and crying out, and petitioning the Lord with all their
power, until that Lord of the sheep came down at the call of the sheep, from a high room, and
came to them, and looked at them.
89.17 And he called that sheep, which had fled from the wolves, and spoke to it about the
wolves, that it should warn them that they should not touch the sheep.
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89.18 And the sheep went to the wolves, in accordance with the Word of the Lord, and
another sheep met that sheep and went with it. And the two of them together, entered the
assembly of those wolves, spoke to them, and warned them that from then on, they should not
touch those sheep.
89.19 And after this, I saw the wolves, how they acted even more harshly towards the sheep,
with all their power, and the sheep called out.
89.20 And their Lord came to the sheep and began to beat those wolves; and the wolves
began to moan, but the sheep became silent and from then on they did not cry out.
89.21 And I looked at the sheep until they escaped from the wolves; but the eyes of the
wolves were blinded, and those wolves went out in pursuit of the sheep with all their forces.
89.22 And the Lord of the sheep went with them, as he led them, and all his sheep followed
him; and his face was glorious, and his appearance terrible and magnificent.
89.23 But the wolves began to pursue those sheep until they met them by a stretch of water.
89.24 And that stretch of water was divided, and the water stood on one side, and on the
other, before them. And their Lord as he led them, stood between them and the wolves.
89.25 And while those wolves had not yet seen the sheep, they went into the middle of that
stretch of water; but the wolves pursued the sheep, and those wolves ran after them into that
stretch of water.
89.26 But when they saw the Lord of the sheep they turned to flee in front of him; but that
stretch of water flowed together again, and suddenly resumed its natural form, and the water
swelled up, and rose until it covered those wolves.
89.27 And I looked until all the wolves that had pursued those sheep were destroyed and
drowned.
89.28 But the sheep escaped that water, and went to a desert, where there was neither
water, nor grass. And they began to open their eyes and see, and I saw the Lord of the sheep
pasturing them, and giving them water and grass, and that sheep going and leading them.
89.29 And that sheep went up to the summit of a high rock and the Lord of the sheep sent it
to them.
89.30 And after this, I saw the Lord of the sheep standing before them, and his appearance
was terrible and majestic, and all those sheep saw him and were afraid of him.
89.31 And all of them were afraid and trembled before him; and they cried out to that sheep,
with those who were in their midst: “We cannot stand before our Lord nor look at him.”
89.32 And that sheep, which led them, again went up to the summit of that rock; and the
sheep began to be blinded, and go astray from the path which had been shown to them, but that
sheep did not know.
89.33 And the Lord of the sheep was extremely angry with them, and that sheep knew, and
went down from the summit of the rock, and came to the sheep, and found the majority of them,
with their eyes blinded, and going astray from his path.
89.34 And when they saw it they were afraid and trembled before it and wished that they
could return to their enclosure. And that sheep took some other sheep with it, and went to those
sheep that had gone astray, and then began to kill them; and the sheep were afraid of it. And
that sheep brought back those sheep that had gone astray, and they returned to their
enclosures.
89.36 And I looked there at the vision, until that sheep became a man, and built a house for
the Lord of the sheep, and made all the sheep stand in that house.
89.37 And I looked until that sheep, which had met that sheep that led the sheep, fell asleep.
And I looked until all the large sheep were destroyed and small ones arose in their place, and
they came to a pasture, and drew near a river of water.
89.38 And that sheep that led them, which had become a man, separated from them and fell
asleep, and all the sheep sought it, and cried out very bitterly over it.
89.39 And I looked until they left off crying for that sheep, and crossed that river of water.
And there arose all the sheep that led them, in place of those which had fallen asleep; and they
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89.40 And I looked until the sheep came to a good place and a pleasant and glorious land,
and I looked until those sheep were satisfied. And that house was in the middle of them in that
green and pleasant land.
89.41 And sometimes their eyes were opened, and sometimes blinded, until another sheep
rose up, led them, and brought them all back. And their eyes were opened.
89.42 And the dogs, and the foxes, and the wild boars, began to devour those sheep until
the Lord of the sheep raised up a ram from among them, which led them.
89.43 And that ram began to butt those dogs, foxes, and wild boars, on one side and on the
other until it had destroyed them all.
89.44 And the eyes of that sheep were opened, and it saw that ram in the middle of the
sheep, how it renounced its glory, and began to butt those sheep, and how it trampled on them
and behaved unbecomingly.
89.45 And the Lord of the sheep sent the sheep to another sheep and raised it up to be a
ram and to lead the sheep in place of that sheep which had renounced its glory.
89.46 And it went to it, and spoke with it alone, and raised up that ram, and made it the
prince and leader of the sheep. And, during all this, those dogs oppressed the sheep.
89.47 And the first ram pursued that second ram and that second ram rose and fled before it.
And I looked until those dogs made the first ram fall.
89.48 And that second ram rose up and led the small sheep, and that ram begat many
sheep, and fell asleep. And a small sheep became a ram, in place of it, and became the prince
and leader of those sheep.
89.49 And those sheep grew and increased; but all the dogs, and foxes, and wild boars,
were afraid and fled from it. And that ram butted and killed all the animals, and those animals
did not again prevail amongst the sheep, and did not seize anything further from them.
89.50 And that house became large and broad, and for those sheep a high tower was built
on that house for the Lord of the sheep. And that house was low but the tower was raised up
and high. And the Lord of the sheep stood on that tower and they spread a full table before him.
89.51 And I saw those sheep again, how they went astray, and walked in many ways, and
left that house of theirs; and the Lord of the sheep called some of the sheep, and sent them to
the sheep, but the sheep began to kill them.
89.52 But one of them was saved, and was not killed, and it sprang away and cried out
against the sheep. And they wished to kill it but the Lord of the sheep saved it from the hands of
the sheep, brought it up to me, and made it stay.
89.53 And he sent many other sheep to those sheep, to testify to them and to lament over
them.
89.54 And after this, I saw how when they left the house of the Lord of the sheep, and his
tower, they went astray in everything, and their eyes were blinded. And I saw how the Lord of
the sheep wrought much slaughter among them, in their pastures, until those sheep invited that
slaughter, and betrayed his place.
89.55 And he gave them into the hands of the lions, and the tigers, and the wolves, and the
hyenas, and into the hands of the foxes, and to all the animals. And those wild animals began to
tear those sheep in pieces.
89.56 And I saw how he left that house of theirs, and their tower, and gave them all into the
hands of the lions so that they might tear them in pieces and devour them, and into the hands of
all the animals.
89.57 And I began to cry out with all my power, to call the Lord of the sheep, and to
represent to him concerning the sheep; that all the wild animals were devouring them.
89.58 But he remained still, although he saw, and he rejoiced that they were devoured,
swallowed up and carried off. And he gave them into the hands of all the animals for food.
89.59 And he called seventy shepherds, and cast off those sheep, so that they might pasture
them. And he said to the shepherds and to their companions: “Each one of you, from now on, is
to pasture the sheep and do whatever I command you.
89.60 And I will hand them over to you, duly numbered, and I will tell you which of them are
to be destroyed, and destroy them.” And he handed those sheep over to them.
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89.61 And he called another, and said to him: “Observe and see everything that these
shepherds do against these sheep for they will destroy from among them more than I have
commanded them.
89.62 And write down all the excess and destruction, which is wrought by the shepherds;
how many they destroy at my command and how many they destroy of their own volition. Write
down against each shepherd, individually, all that he destroys.
89.63 And read out in front of me exactly how many they destroy of their own volition and
how many are handed over for destruction so that this may be a testimony for me against them.
So that I may know all the deeds of the shepherds in order to hand them over for judgment. And
I will see what they do, whether they abide by my command with which I have commanded
them, or not.
89.64 But they must not know this, and you must not show this to them, but only write down
against each individual in his time all that the shepherds destroy, and bring it all up to me.”
89.65 And I looked until those shepherds pastured at their times, and they began to kill and
destroy more than they were commanded, and they gave those sheep into the hands of the
lions.
89.66 And the lions and the tigers devoured and swallowed up the majority of those sheep,
and the wild boars devoured with them; and they burnt down that tower and demolished that
house.
89.67 And I was extremely sad about that tower because that house of the sheep had been
demolished; and after that I was unable to see whether those sheep went into that house.
89.68 And the shepherds and their companions handed those sheep over to all the animals
so that they might devour them. Each one of them, at his time, received an exact number, and
for each of them, one after the other, there was written in a book how many of them were
destroyed.
89.69 And each one killed and destroyed more than was prescribed and I began to weep
and moan very much because of those sheep.
89.70 And likewise, in the vision, I saw that one who wrote, how each day, he wrote down
each one that was destroyed by those shepherds. And he brought up, and presented, the whole
book to the Lord of the sheep, everything they had done and all that each one of them had
made away with, and all that they had handed to destruction.
89.71 And the book was read out in front of the Lord of the sheep, and he took the book in
his hand, read it, sealed it, and put it down.
89.72 And after this I saw how the shepherds pastured for twelve hours, and behold three of
those sheep returned, and arrived, and came and began to build up all that had fallen down
from that house; but the wild boars hindered them so that they could not.
89.73 And they again began to build, as before, and they raised up that tower, and it was
called the high tower. And they began again to place a table before the tower but all the bread
on it was unclean and was not pure.
89.74 And, besides all this, the eyes of these sheep were blinded so that they could not see,
and their shepherds likewise. And they handed yet more of them over to destruction, and they
trampled on the sheep with their feet, and devoured them.
89.75 But the Lord of the sheep remained still, until all the sheep were scattered abroad, and
had mixed with them, and they did not save them from the hands of the animals.
89.76 And that one who wrote the book brought it up, showed it, and read it out in the
dwelling of the Lord of the sheep. And he entreated Him on behalf of them, and petitioned Him,
as he showed Him all the deeds of their shepherds and testified in front of Him against all the
shepherds.
89.77 And he took the book, put it down by Him, and went out.
90.1 And I looked until the time that thirty-five shepherds had pastured the sheep the same
way, and, each individually; they all completed their time like the first ones. And others received
them into their hands to pasture them, at their time, each shepherd at his own time.
90.2 And after this, I saw in the vision, all the birds of the sky coming: - The eagles, the
vultures, and the kites, and the ravens. But the eagles led all the birds, and they began to
devour those sheep, to peck out their eyes, and to devour their flesh.
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90.3 And the sheep cried out because the birds devoured their flesh. And I cried out and
lamented in my sleep because of that shepherd who pastured the sheep.
90.4 And I looked until those sheep were devoured by those dogs, and by the eagles, and by
the kites, and they left them neither flesh nor skin, nor sinew, until only their bones remained.
And their bones fell upon the ground and the sheep became few.
90.5 And I looked until the time that twenty-three shepherds had pastured, and they
completed, each in his time, fifty eight times.
90.6 And small lambs were born from those white sheep, and they began to open their eyes,
to see, and to cry to the sheep.
90.7 But the sheep did not cry to them, and did not listen to what they said to them, but were
extremely deaf, and their eyes were extremely and excessively blinded.
90.8 And I saw in the vision, how the ravens flew upon those lambs, and took one of those
lambs, and dashed the sheep in pieces and devoured them.
90.9 And I looked until horns came up on those lambs but the ravens cast their horns down.
And I looked until a big horn grew on one of those sheep, and their eyes were opened.
90.10 And it looked at them and their eyes were opened. And it cried to the sheep, and the
rams saw it, and they all ran to it.
90.11 And, besides all this, those eagles, and vultures, and ravens, and kites, were still
continually tearing the sheep in pieces, and flying upon them and devouring them. And the
sheep were silent but the rams lamented and cried out.
90.12 And those ravens battled and fought with it, and wished to make away with its horn,
but they did not prevail against it.
90.13 And I looked at them until the shepherds and the eagles, and those vultures, and kites,
came and cried to the ravens that they should dash the horn of that ram in pieces. And they
fought and battled with it, and it fought with them and cried out so that its help might come to it.
90.14 And I looked until that man, who wrote down the names of the shepherds and brought
them up before the Lord of the sheep, came, and he helped that ram and showed it everything;
its help was coming down.
90.15 And I looked until that Lord of the sheep came to them in anger, all those who saw him
fled, and they all fell into the shadow in front of Him.
90.16 All the eagles and vultures and ravens and kites, gathered together and brought with
them all the wild sheep, and they all came together and helped one another in order to dash that
horn of the ram in pieces.
90.17 And I looked at that man, who wrote the book at the command of the Lord, until he
opened that book of the destruction that those last twelve shepherds had wrought. And he
showed, in front of the Lord of the sheep, that they had destroyed even more than those before
them had.
90.18 And I looked until the Lord of the sheep came to them and took the Staff of His Anger
and struck the Earth. And the Earth was split. And all the animals, and the birds of the sky, fell
from those sheep and sank in the earth; and it closed over them.
90.19 And I looked until a big sword was given to the sheep. And the sheep went out against
all the wild animals to kill them. And all the animals, and birds of the sky, fled before them.
90.20 And I looked until a throne was set up in a pleasant land and the Lord of the sheep sat
on it. And they took all the sealed books and opened the books in front of the Lord of the sheep.
90.21 And the Lord called those men, the seven first white ones, and commanded them to
bring in front of Him the first star, which went before those stars whose private parts were like
horses, and they brought them all in front of Him.
90.22 And He said to that man who wrote in front of Him, who was one of the seven white
ones, He said to him: “Take those seventy shepherds, to whom I handed over the sheep, and
who, on their own authority, took and killed more than I commanded them.”
90.23 And behold, I saw them all bound, and they all stood in front of Him.
90.24 And the judgment was held, first on the stars, and they were judged and found guilty,
and they went to the place of damnation, and were thrown into a deep place full of fire burning,
and full of pillars of fire.
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90.25 And those seventy shepherds were judged, and found guilty, and they also were
thrown into that abyss of fire.
90.26 And I saw at that time, how a similar abyss was opened in the middle of the Earth
which was full of fire, and they brought those blind sheep and they were all judged, and found
guilty, and thrown into that abyss of fire and they burned. And that abyss was on the south of
that house.
90.27 And I saw those sheep burning and their bones were burning.
90.28 And I stood up to look until he folded up that old house, and they removed all the
pillars, and all the beams and ornaments of that house were folded up with it. And they removed
it and put it in a place in the south of the land.
90.29 And I looked until the Lord of the sheep brought a new house, larger and higher than
the first one, and he set it up on the site of the first one that had been folded up. And all its
pillars were new, and its ornaments were new and larger than those of the first one - the old one
that had been removed. And the Lord of the sheep was in the middle of it.
90.30 And I saw all the sheep that were left, and all the animals of the earth, and all the birds
of the sky, falling down and worshipping those sheep, and entreating them and obeying them in
every command.
90.31 And after this, those three who were dressed in white and had taken hold of my hand,
the ones who had brought me up at first. They, with the hand of that ram also holding me, took
me up, and put me down in the middle of those sheep before the judgment was held.
90.32 And those sheep were all white and their wool thick and pure.
90.33 And all those which had been destroyed and scattered, and all the wild animals, and
all the birds of the sky, gathered together in that house, and the Lord of the sheep rejoiced very
much because they were all good, and had returned to His house.
90.34 And I looked until they had laid down that sword, which had been given to the sheep,
and they brought it back into his house, and it was sealed in front of the Lord. And all the sheep
were enclosed in that house but it did not hold them.
90.35 And the eyes of all of them were opened, and they saw well, and there was not one
among them that did not see.
90.36 And I saw that that house was large, broad, and exceptionally full.
90.37 And I saw how a white bull was born, and its horns were big, and all the wild animals,
and all the birds of the sky, were afraid of it, and entreated it continually.
90.38 And I looked until all their species were transformed and they all became white bulls.
And the first among them was a wild-ox. And that wild-ox was a large animal and had big black
horns on its head. And the Lord of the sheep rejoiced over them, and over all the bulls.
90.39 And I was asleep in the middle of them and I woke up and saw everything.
90.40 And this is the vision which I saw while I was asleep, and I woke up, blessed the Lord
of Righteousness, and ascribed glory to him.
90.41 But after this I wept bitterly and my tears did not stop until I could not endure it. When I
looked, they ran down, because of what I saw, for everything will come to pass and be fulfilled,
and all the deeds of men, in their order, were shown to me.
90.42 That night I remembered my first dream, and because of it I wept, and was disturbed,
because I had seen that vision.
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91.1 And now my son Methuselah, call to me all your brothers, and gather to me all the
children of your mother. For a voice calls me, and a spirit has been poured over me, so that I
may show you everything that will come upon you forever.
91.2 And after this Methuselah went and called his brothers to him and gathered his
relations.
91.3 And he spoke about righteousness to all his sons, and said:
“Hear, my children, all the words of your father, and listen properly to the voice of my mouth,
for I will testify and speak to you - my beloved. Love uprightness and walk in it!
91.4 And do not draw near to uprightness with a double heart, and do not associate with
those of a double heart, but walk in righteousness my children and it will lead you in good paths,
and righteousness will be your companion.
91.5 For I know that the state of wrongdoing will continue on Earth, and a great punishment
will be carried out on the Earth, and an end will be made of all iniquity. And it will be cut off at its
roots and its whole edifice will pass away.
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91.6 And iniquity will again be complete on the Earth, and all the deeds of iniquity, and the
deeds of wrong, and of wickedness, will prevail for a second time.”
92.1 Written by Enoch-the-Scribe, this complete wisdom and teaching, praised by all men
and a judge of the whole Earth.
For all my sons who dwell on Earth. And for the last generations who will practice justice and
peace.
92.2 Let not your spirit be saddened by the times for the Holy and Great One has appointed
days for all things.
92.3 And the righteous man will rise from sleep, will rise and will walk in the path of
righteousness, and all his paths, and his journeys, will be in eternal goodness and mercy.
92.4 He will show mercy to the righteous man and to him give eternal uprightness, and to
him give power. And he will live in goodness, and righteousness, and will walk in eternal light.
92.5 And sin will be destroyed in darkness, forever, and from that day will never again be
seen.
93.1 And, after this, Enoch began to speak from the books:
93.2 And Enoch said: “Concerning the sons of righteousness, and concerning the chosen of
the world, and concerning the plant of righteousness and uprightness, I will speak these things
to you, and make them known to you, my children.
I, Enoch, according to that which appeared to me in the Heavenly vision, and that which I
know from the words of the Holy Angels, and understanding from the Tablets of Heaven.”
93.3 And Enoch then began to speak from the books, and said: “I was born the seventh, in
the first week, while justice and righteousness still lasted.
93.4 And, after me, in the second week, great injustice will arise, and deceit will have sprung
up. And in it there will be the First End, and in it, a man will be saved. And after it has ended,
iniquity will grow, and He will make a law for the sinners.
93.5 And after this in the third week, at its end, a man will be chosen as the Plant of
Righteous Judgment, and after him will come the Plant of Righteousness, forever.
93.6 And after this, in the fourth week, at its end, visions of the righteous and Holy will be
seen, and a Law for All Generations, and an enclosure will be made for them.
93.7 And after this, in the fifth week, at its end, a House of Glory and Sovereignty will be built
forever.
93.8 And after this, in the sixth week, all those who live in it will be blinded. And the hearts of
them all, lacking wisdom, will sink into impiety. And in it, a man will ascend, and at its end the
House of Sovereignty will be burnt with fire. And in it the whole race of the chosen root will be
scattered.
93.9 And after this, in the seventh week, an apostate generation will arise. And many will be
its deeds - but all its deeds will be apostasy.
93.10 And at its end, the Chosen Righteous, from the Eternal Plant of Righteousness, will be
chosen, to whom will be given sevenfold teaching, concerning his whole creation.
91.7 And when iniquity, and sin, and blasphemy, and wrong, and all kinds of evil deeds
increase, and when apostasy, wickedness, and uncleanness increase, a great punishment will
come from Heaven upon all these. And the Holy Lord will come in anger, and in wrath, to
execute judgment on the Earth.
91.8 In those days wrongdoing will be cut off at its roots, and the roots of iniquity, together
with deceit, will be destroyed from under Heaven.
91.9 And all the idols of the nations will be given up, their towers will be burnt in fire, and
they will remove them from the whole Earth. And they will be thrown down into the Judgment of
Fire, and will be destroyed in anger, and in the severe judgment that is forever.
91.10 And the righteous will rise from sleep, and wisdom will rise, and will be given to them.
91.11 And after this the roots of iniquity will be cut off and the sword will destroy the sinners.
The blasphemers will be cut off; in every place blasphemy will be destroyed by the sword.
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91.12 And after this there will be another week; the eighth, that of righteousness, and a
sword will be given to it so that the Righteous Judgment may be executed on those who do
wrong, and the sinners will be handed over into the hands of the righteous.
91.13 And, at its end, they will acquire Houses because of their righteousness, and a House
will be built for the Great King in Glory, forever.
91.14 And after this, in the ninth week, the Righteous Judgment will be revealed to the whole
world. And all the deeds of the impious will vanish from the whole Earth. And the world will be
written down for destruction and all men will look to the Path of Uprightness.
91.15 And, after this, in the tenth week, in the seventh part, there will be an Eternal
Judgment that will be executed on the Watchers and the Great Eternal Heaven that will spring
from the midst of the Angels.
91.16 And the First Heaven will vanish and pass away and a New Heaven will appear, and
all the Powers of Heaven will shine forever, with sevenfold light.
91.17 And after this, there will be many weeks without number, forever, in goodness and in
righteousness. And from then on sin will never again be mentioned.
91.18 And now I tell you, my children, and show you the paths of righteousness, and the
paths of wrongdoing. And I will show you again so that you may know what is to come.
91.19 And now listen, my children, walk in the paths of righteousness and do not walk in the
paths of wrongdoing, for all those who walk in the path of iniquity will be destroyed forever.
93.11 For is there any man who can hear the voice of the Holy One and not be disturbed?
And who is there who can think his thoughts? And who is there who can look at all the works of
Heaven?
93.12 And how should there be anyone who could understand the works of Heaven, and see
a soul, or a spirit, and tell about it, or ascend and see all their ends and comprehend them, or
make anything like them?
93.13 And is there any man who could know the length and breadth of the Earth? And to
who has all its measurements been shown?
93.14 Or is there any man who could know the length of Heaven, and what is its height, and
on what is it fixed, and how large is the number of stars, and where do all the lights rest?
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96.2 And in the day of the distress of the sinners, your young will rise up, like eagles, and
your nest will be higher than that of vultures. And you will go up, and like badgers, enter the
crevices of the earth, and the clefts of the rock, forever, before the lawless, but they will groan
and weep because of you, like satyrs.
96.3 And do not be afraid you who have suffered, for you will receive healing, and a bright
light will shine upon you, and the Voice of Rest you will hear from Heaven.
96.4 Woes to you, you sinners, for your riches make you appear righteous, but your hearts
prove you to be sinners. And this word will be a testimony against you as a reminder of your evil
deeds.
96.5 Woe to you who devour the finest of the wheat, and drink the best of the water, and
trample upon the humble through your power.
96.6 Woe to you who drink water all the time, for you will quickly be repaid, and will become
exhausted and dry for you have left the spring of life.
96.7 Woe to you who commit iniquity, and deceit, and blasphemy, it will be a reminder of evil
against you.
96.8 Woe to you, you powerful, who through power oppress the righteous; for the day of your
destruction will come.
In those days many good days will come for the righteous in the day of your judgment.
97.1 Believe, you righteous, that the sinners will become an object of shame and will be
destroyed on the Day of Judgment.
97.2 Be it known to you, sinners, that the Most High remembers your destruction and that
the Angels rejoice over your destruction.
97.3 What will you do, you sinners, and where will you flee on that day of judgment when
you hear the sound of prayer of the righteous?
97.4 But you will not be like them against whom this word will be a testimony:
“You have been associated with the sinners.”
97.5 And in those days, the prayer of the Holy will be in front of the Lord, and for you will
come the days of your judgment.
97.6 And the words of your iniquity will be read out before the Great and Holy One, and your
faces will blush with shame, and every deed which is founded upon iniquity will be rejected.
97.7 Woe to you, you sinners, who are in the middle of the sea, or on dry ground, their
memory will be harmful to you.
97.8 Woe to you who acquire silver and gold, but not in righteousness, and say: “We have
become very rich and have possessions, and have acquired everything that we desired.
97.9 And now let us do what we planned, for we have gathered silver and filled our
storehouses, and as many as water are the servants of our houses.”
97.10 And like the water your life will flow away, for your riches will not stay with you, but will
quickly go up from you, for you acquired everything in iniquity and you will be given over to a
great curse.
98.1 Now I swear to you, the wise, and the foolish, that you will see many things on the
earth.
98.2 For you men will put on yourselves more adornments than a woman, and more
coloured garments than a girl, clothed in sovereignty, and in majesty, and in power, and silver,
and gold, and purple, and honours, - and food will be poured out like water.
98.3 Because of this they will have neither knowledge nor wisdom. And through this, they will
be destroyed, together with their possessions, and with all their glory and their honour. And in
shame, and in slaughter, and in great destitution, their spirits will be thrown into the fiery
furnace.
98.4 I swear to you, you sinners, that as a mountain has not, and will not, become a slave,
nor a hill a woman's maid, so sin was not sent on the Earth but man, of himself, created it. And
those who commit it will be subject to a great curse.
98.5 And barrenness has not been given to a woman but because of the deeds of her hand
she dies without children.
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98.6 I swear to you, you sinners, by the Holy and Great One, that all your evil deeds are
revealed in Heaven and that your wrongdoing is not covered or hidden.
98.7 And do not think in your spirit nor say in your heart, that you do not know, or do not see,
every sin is written down every day in Heaven in front of the Most High.
98.8 From now on, you know that all your wrongdoing that you do will be written down every
day, until the day of your judgment.
98.9 Woe to you, you fools, for you will be destroyed through your folly. And you do not listen
to the wise and good will not come upon you.
98.10 And now know that you are ready for the day of destruction. And do not hope that you
will live, you sinners; rather you will go and die, for you know no ransom. You are ready for the
Day of the Great Judgment and for the day of distress and great shame for your spirits.
98.11 Woe to you, you stubborn of heart who do evil and eat blood, from where do you have
good things to eat and drink and to be satisfied? From all the good things which our Lord the
Most High has placed in abundance on the earth. Therefore you will not have peace.
98.12 Woe to you who love deeds of iniquity. Why do you hope for good for yourselves?
Know that you will be given into the hands of the righteous, and they will cut your throats and kill
you, and will not have mercy on you.
98.13 Woe to you who rejoice in the distress of the righteous for graves will not be dug for
you.
98.14 Woe to you who declare the words of the righteous empty for you will have no hope of
life.
98.15 Woe to you who write lying words, and the words of the impious, for they write their
lies so that men may hear and continue their folly. And they will not have peace but will die a
sudden death.
99.1 Woe to you who do impious deeds and praise and honour lying words; you will be
destroyed and will not have a good life.
99.2 Woe to you who alter the words of truth, and they distort the eternal law and count
themselves as being without sin; they will be trampled underfoot on the ground.
99.3 In those days make ready, you righteous, to raise your prayers as a reminder and lay
them as a testimony before the Angels, that they may lay the sin of the sinners before the Most
High as a reminder.
99.4 In those days the nations will be thrown into confusion and the races of the nations will
rise on the Day of Destruction.
99.5 And in those days, those who are in need will go out, seize their children, and cast out
their children. And their offspring will slip from them, and they will cast out their children while
they are still sucklings, and will not return to them, and will not have mercy on their beloved
ones.
99.6 And again I swear to you, the sinners, that sin is ready for the Day of Unceasing
Bloodshed.
99.7 And they worship stone, and some carve images of gold and of silver, and of wood and
of clay. And some, with no knowledge, worship unclean spirits and demons, and every kind of
error. But no help will be obtained from them.
99.8 And they will sink into impiety because of the folly of their hearts, and their eyes will be
blinded through the fear of their hearts, and through the vision of their ambitions.
99.9 Through these they will become impious and fearful, for they do all their deeds with lies,
and worship stones, and they will be destroyed at the same moment.
99.10 And in those days, blessed are those who accept the words of wisdom, and
understand them, and follow the paths of the Most High, and walk in the path of righteousness,
and do not act impiously with the impious, for they will be saved.
99.11 Woe to you who extend evil to your neighbours; for you will be killed in Sheol.
99.12 Woe to you who lay foundations of sin and deceit, and who cause bitterness on the
Earth, for because of this an end will be made of them.
99.13 Woe to you who build your houses with the toil of others, and all their building
materials are the sticks and stones of sin; I say to you: “You will not have peace.”
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99.14 Woe to those who reject the measure, and the eternal inheritance of their fathers, and
cause their souls to follow error, for they will not have rest.
99.15 Woe to those who commit iniquity, and help wrong, and kill their neighbours, until the
Day of the Great Judgment; for he will throw down your glory.
99.16 And you put evil into your hearts, and rouse the spirit of his anger, so that he may
destroy you all with the sword. And all the righteous and the Holy will remember your sin.
100.1 And in those days, and in one place, fathers and sons will strike one another, and
brothers will together fall in death, until their blood flows as if it were a stream.
100.2 For a man will not, in mercy, withhold his hand from his sons, nor from his son's sons,
in order to kill them. And the sinner will not withhold his hand from his honoured brother from
dawn until the Sun sets they will kill one another.
100.3 And the horse will walk up to its chest in the blood of sinners and the chariot will sink
up to its height.
100.4 And in those days the Angels will come down into the hidden places, and gather
together in one place all those who have helped sin, and the Most High will rise on that day to
execute the Great Judgment on all the sinners.
100.5 And he will set guards, from the Holy Angels, over all the righteous and Holy, and they
will guard them like the apple of an eye, until an end is made of all evil and all sin. And even if
the righteous sleep a long sleep they have nothing to fear.
100.6 And the wise men will see the truth, and the sons of the Earth will understand all the
words of this book, and they will know that their riches will not be able to save them or
overthrow their sin.
100.7 Woe to you, you sinners, when you afflict the righteous on the day of severe trouble,
and burn them with fire, you will be repaid according to your deeds.
100.8 Woe to you, you perverse of heart who watch to devise evil; fear will come upon you
and there is no one who will help you.
100.9 Woe to you, you sinners, for an account of the words of your mouth, and for an
account of the deeds of your hands that you have impiously done; you will burn in blazing
flames of fire.
100.10 And now know that the Angels will inquire in Heaven into your deeds, from the Sun
and the Moon and the Stars, into your sins, for on earth you execute judgment on the righteous.
100.11 And all the clouds and mist and dew and rain will testify against you, for they will be
withheld from you so that they do not fall on you, and they will think about your sins.
100.12 And now give gifts to the rain, so that it may not be withheld from falling on you, and
so that the dew, if it has accepted gold and silver from you, may fall.
100.13 When the hoarfrost and snow, with their cold, and all the snow-winds with their
torments fall on you. In those days, you will not be able to stand before them.
101.1 Contemplate Heaven, all you sons of Heaven, and all the works of the Most High, and
fear him, and do not do evil in front of Him.
101.2 If He closes the Windows of Heaven, and withholds the rain and the dew, so that it
does not fall on the earth because of you, what will you do?
101.3 And if he sends his anger upon you, and upon all your deeds, will you not entreat him?
For you speak proud and hard against his righteousness. And you will not have peace.
101.4 And do you not see the captains of the ships; how their ships are tossed by the waves
and rocked by the winds and are in distress?
101.5 And because of this they are afraid, for all their good possessions that go out on the
sea with them, and they think nothing good in their hearts, only that the sea will swallow them
up, and that they will be destroyed in it.
101.6 Is not all the sea, and all its waters, and all its movement, the work of the Most High,
and did he not seal all it’s doings and bind it all with sand?
101.7 And at his rebuke it dries up and becomes afraid, and all its fish die, and everything in
it; but you sinners who are on Earth do not fear him.
101.8 Did he not make Heaven, Earth, and everything that is in them? And who gave
knowledge, and wisdom, to all things that move on the ground and in the sea?
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101.9 And do not those captains of the ships fear the sea?
Yet, sinners do not fear the Most High.
102.1 And in those days, if he brings a fierce fire upon you, where will you flee, and where
will you be safe? And when he utters his voice against you will you not be terrified and afraid?
102.2 And all the Lights will shake with great fear, and the whole Earth will be terrified, and
will tremble and quail.
102.3 And all the Angels will carry out their commands, and will seek to hide from the One
who is Great in Glory, and the children of the Earth will tremble and shake; and you sinners will
be cursed forever and will not have peace.
102.4 Do not be afraid you souls of the righteous, and be hopeful, you who have died in
righteousness.
102.5 And do not be sad that your souls have gone down into Sheol in sadness and that
your bodies did not obtain during your life a reward in accordance with your goodness.
102.6 But when you die the sinners will say about you: “As we die, the righteous have also
died, and of what use to them were their deeds?”
102.7 “Behold, like us they have died in sadness and in darkness, and what advantage do
they have over us? From now on we are equal.”
102.8 “And what will they receive and what will they see forever? For behold, they too have
died, and from now on they will never again see the light.”
102.9 And I say to you, you sinners: “You are content to eat and drink, and strip men naked,
and steal, and sin, and acquire possessions, and see good days.
102.10 But you saw the righteous, how their end was peace, for no wrong was found in them
until the day of their death.”
102.11 “But they were destroyed and became as though they had not been and their souls
went down to Sheol in distress.”
103.1 And now I swear to you, the righteous, by His Great Glory and His Honour, and by His
Magnificent Sovereignty, and by His Majesty: - I swear to you that I understand this mystery.
103.2 And I have read the Tablets of Heaven and seen the writing of the Holy Ones. And I
found written and engraved in it, concerning them, that all good, and joy, and honour, have been
made ready, and written down, for the spirits of those who died in righteousness.
103.3 And much good will be given to you in recompense for your toil and that your lot will be
more excellent than the lot of the living.
103.4 And the spirits of you who have died in righteousness will live, and your spirits will
rejoice and be glad, and the memory of them will remain in front of the Great One for all the
generations of eternity. Therefore do not fear their abuse.
103.5 Woe to you, you sinners, when you die in your sin, and those who are like you say
about you: “Blessed were the sinners they saw their days.
103.6 And now they have died in prosperity and wealth, distress and slaughter they did not
see during their life, but they have died in glory, and judgment was not executed on them in their
life.”
103.7 Know that their souls will be made to go down into Sheol, they will be wretched, and
their distress will be great.
103.8 And in darkness, and in chains, and in burning flames, your spirits will come to the
Great Judgment. And the Great Judgment will last for all generations, forever. Woe to you for
you will not have peace.
103.9 Do not say, the righteous and the good who were alive; “In the days of our affliction we
toiled laboriously, and saw every affliction, and met many evils. We were spent and became few
and our spirit small.
103.10 We were destroyed and there was no one who helped us with words or with deeds.
We were powerless and found nothing. We were tortured and destroyed and did not expect to
see life from one day to the next.
103 11 We hoped to become the head but became the tail. We toiled and laboured, but were
not masters of the fruits of our toil; we became food for the sinners, and the lawless made their
yoke heavy upon us.
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103.12 Those who hated us, those who goaded us, were masters of us. And to those who
hated us we bowed our necks but they did not have mercy on us.
103.13 We sought to escape from them so that we might flee and be at rest. But we found
no place where we might flee and be safe from them.
103.14 We complained about them to the rulers, in our distress, and cried out against those
who devoured us, but they took no notice of our cries, and did not wish to listen to our voice.
103.15 And they helped those who plundered us and devoured us, and those who made us
few, and they concealed their wrongdoing, and did not remove from us the yoke of those who
devoured us, and scattered us, and killed us. And they concealed our slaughter and did not
remember that they had raised their hands against us.”
104.1 I swear to you, you righteous, that in Heaven the Angels remember you for good in
front of the Glory of the Great One, and that your names are written down in front of the Glory of
the Great One.
104.2 Be hopeful! For you were formerly put to shame through evils and afflictions, but now
you will shine like the Lights of Heaven, and will be seen, and the Gate of Heaven will be
opened to you.
104.3 And persevere in your cry for judgment and it will appear to you, for justice will be
exacted from the rulers for all your distress, and from all those who helped those who plundered
you.
104.4 Be hopeful, and do not abandon your hope, for you will have great joy like the Angels
of Heaven.
104.5 What will you have to do? You will not have to hide on the day of the Great Judgment,
nor will you be found to be sinners. The Eternal Judgment will be upon you for all the
generations of eternity.
104.6 And now do not be afraid, you righteous, when you see the sinners growing strong
and prospering in their desires, and do not be associated with them but keep far away from their
wrongdoing, for you will be associates of the Host of Heaven.
104.7 For you sinners say: “None of our sins will be inquired into and written down!” But they
will write down your sins every day.
104.8 And now I show you that light and darkness, day and night, see all your sins.
104.9 Do not be impious in your hearts, and do not lie, and do not alter the words of truth,
nor say that the words of the Holy and Great One are lies, and do not praise your idols. For all
your lies, and all your impiety, lead not to righteousness but to great sin.
104.10 And now I know this mystery; that many sinners will alter and distort the words of
truth, and speak evil words, and lie, and concoct great fabrications, and write books in their own
words.
104.11 But when they write my words exactly in their languages, and do not alter or omit
anything from my words, but write everything exactly, everything that I testified about before;
then I know another mystery:
104.12 That books will be given to the righteous and wise and will be a source of joy and
truth and much wisdom.
104.13 And books will be given to them, and they will believe in them and rejoice over them;
and all the righteous who have learnt from them all the ways of truth will be glad.
105.1 And in those days, says the Lord, they shall call and testify to the sons of the Earth
about the wisdom in them. Show it to them for you are their leaders and the rewards will be over
all the Earth.
105.2 For my son and I will join ourselves with them, forever, in the paths of uprightness
during their lives.
And you will have peace.
Rejoice - you sons of uprightness!
Amen
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